| ID | TO:0000437 |
|---|---|
| DEFINITION | "In plants, it represents the incompetence of the pollen to fertilize the ovum. Reasons could be non-viable pollen, incompatibility, pollen abortion, toxicity, genetic etc. Usually determined by either the pollen sterility or spikelet fertility (percent seed set)." [Gramene:pankaj_jaiswal] |
| XREF | WTO:0000160 |
| COMMENT | None |
| SYNONYM | "male sterility measure (related)" RELATED []"MALEST (related)" RELATED []"degree of male sterility of male sterile lines (related)" RELATED [] |
| IS_A | WTO:0000115 ! sterilityTO:0000485 ! sterility related trait |
| PUBMED | PUBMED |