Progress in stndies on genetic classification,cytoplasmic fertility factor (s),nucleocytoplas,oc interaction,enviromental regulations and genetic manipulations of male sterility in higher plants was reviewed.The hypothesis of double-gene model explaining the causes of formaion of male sterility waas proposed,suggesting that expression of male sterility was proposed,suggesting that expression of male fertility in higher plants involve two kinds of genes:one be the genes that encode proteins or enzymes for microsporogenesis (structural genes), the other the genes responsible for the conditions n...