In addition to Ogura cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS), which is used extensively for F
1
hybrid seed production in Brassicaceae crops, two other CMS systems, NWB CMS and DCGMS, have also been identified. The causal gene for the latter two CMS systems has been identified as a novel chimeric gene,
orf463
. We previously reported that
orf463
is specific to black radish cultivars and that it is present in line ‘RS-5’ of
Raphanus raphanistrum
; however, the
orf463
sequence in ‘RS-5’ differed from that of black radish cultivars. Though,
R. raphanistrum
with an
orf463
sequence identical to that found in black radish cultivars was recently identified. We therefore sought to determine whether the
orf463
gene in line ‘RS-5’ induces CMS in radishes. We crossed ‘RS-5’ as a female parent with a cultivated radish, ‘Uchiki-Gensuke’, as a male parent, and examined the gross plant morphology and pollen fertility of the resulting progeny. The F
2
population contained both male sterile plants and plants with black roots. The findings showed that
R. raphanistrum
contains two types of
orf463
genes that induce CMS, and that the origin of black radishes could be attributed to
R. raphanistrum
having
orf463
gene.