国外关于棉花雄性不育性的研究,远较玉米、高粱等作物为迟。近二十年来,世界上一些产棉国家先后开展这方面的工作。在美国,第一篇有关棉花雄性不育性的研究报告发表于1960年。可是直到目前为止,还没有培育出在生产上较理想的雄性不育系。从目前报道的研究结果来看,棉花雄性不育性可分为两类:一类是基因雄性不育 Foreign research on cotton male sterility, far more than corn, sorghum and other crops is late. In the past two decades, some cotton producing countries in the world have successively carried out this work. In the United States, the first research report on cotton male sterility was published in 1960. But so far, no better male sterile lines have been cultivated. According to the results reported from the current reports, cotton male sterility can be divided into two categories: one is the gene male sterility