This document discusses the development and maintenance of self- and cross-pollinated crops for hybrid seed production. It describes three types of lines - A, B, and R lines - used in the three-line system and two-line system. The A line is male sterile and used as the female parent. The B line is male fertile and used to maintain the A line. The R line is male fertile and used as the male parent to produce hybrid seeds when crossed with the A line. It also discusses alternative two-line systems that use environment- or chemically-induced male sterility.