%A K B Saxena %A D E Byth %A E S Wallis %A I S Dundas %I International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics %L icrisat5228 %J International Chickpea and Pigeonpea Newsletter %P 20-21 %D 1983 %T Genetic basis of male sterility in pigeonpea %X A new source of genetic male sterility - characterized by brown» arrow-shaped anthers was Identified at the University of Queensland. It was first identified in the line B15B which was derived as a selection from the cultivar Royes. To obtain preliminary information on the genetic basis of this male-sterile character., fertile plants from B15B and F5 progenies of the cross (B15B x QPL-1) were grown..