Write a short note on cytoplasmic male sterility in pearl maize.

Explanation

(i) Male sterility found in paerl maize (Sorgum vulgare).
(ii) It is the best example for mitochondrial cytoplasmic inheritance. So it is called cytoplasmic male sterility.
(iii) In this, male sterility is inherited maternally.
(iv) The gene for cytoplasmic male sterility is found in the mitochondrial DBA.