The present invention concerns plants, seeds and cells of the genus Diplotaxis having cytoplasmic male sterility, and more particularly plants, seeds and cells of the species Diplotaxis tenuifolia. The cytoplasmic male sterility is preferably that imported from Raphanus sativus, known as Ogura sterility. The invention also concerns methods for obtaining Diplotaxis tenuifolia plants carrying cytoplasmic male sterility, as well as various uses for the cytoplasmic male sterility of the plants of the invention.