JA regulates cucumber male sterility via MYC2-WRKY45/57-XTH33 module
Male sterility is a significantly impacts agronomic traits, and jasmonates influence fertility in various plant species. However, research on the regulatory mechanisms of JA has primarily centered on bisexual flowers, leaving its role in unisexual flowering plants largely unexplored. Cucumber is a unisexual flower and serves as a ideal plant for studying the development of male and female gametophytes.