This work was supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(2018YFD0100704);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31701939);the Earmarked Fund for Modern Agroindustry Technology Research System of China(CARS-25).
Although male sterility has been identified as a useful trait for hybrid vigor utilization and hybrid seed production,its underlying molecular mechanisms in Cucurbitaceae species are still largely unclear.Here,a spont...