This invention relates to a gene associated with male fertility, labeled Ms41-A, and a recessive mutant form thereof, labelled ms41-A, which confers male sterility. The Ms41-A gene is isolated from Arabidopsis, while the related gene Zm41-A is isolated from maize. Male-sterile plants are useful for the production of hybrid plants by sexual hybridization.

Esta invenção relaciona-se a um gene associado com a fertilidade masculina, etiquetada Ms41-A, e um formulário recessive do mutant disso, ms41-A etiquetado, que conferencia o sterility masculino. O gene de Ms41-A está isolado de Arabidopsis, quando o gene relacionado Zm41-A for isolado do maize. As plantas male-sterile são úteis para a produção de plantas hybrid pelo hybridization sexual.