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This question ha to do with cytoplasmic male sterility:

As a seed producer, you are attempting to make decisions on how to best utilize CMS systems in producing hybrid corn and onion seeds. The CMS in these crops works the same as described in the pictures added below.

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A. In the farmers field, Hybrid corn is often grown as a single genotype. Knowing this, Define the maternal,paternal, and hybrid genotypes (both nuclear restorer and cytoplasmic) for a cross you could make to produce a hybrud that will be able to make seed in this setting. Also label whether each genotyoe would be sterile or fertile.

B. For those who farm Onions, onions that make seeds in the fields have smaller bulbs than onions that do not. Define the maternal, paternal, and hybrid genotypes ( both nuclear and cytoplasmic) needed to make a hybrid that will not set seeds in this setting. Also define whether each genotype would be sterile or fertile.

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