Modified plants comprising a polynucleotide comprising a non-cognate promoter operably linked to a coding sequence that encodes a transcription factor

A method for producing a modified plant having increased seed yield and/or oil content in comparison to a reference plant by transformation, the method comprising:

• (1) transforming one or more host plants or plant cells with a genetic construct comprising a polynucleotide comprising a promoter operably linked to a coding sequence, wherein:
• (a) the coding sequence encodes a transcription factor that is an ortholog of zinc finger CCCH domain-containing protein 54-like protein of Arabidopsis thaliana and has at least 99% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:
• 204;
• (b) the promoter is non-cognate with respect to the coding sequence;
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• (c) the modified plant is Camelina sativa;
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• (2) selecting a transformed plant or plant cell in which the polynucleotide is stably maintained, thereby obtaining the modified plant, wherein the reference plant does not comprise the polynucleotide.

A method for producing a modified plant having increased seed yield and/or oil content in comparison to a reference plant by editing, the method comprising:

• (1) editing the genome of one or more host plants or plant cells to comprise a polynucleotide comprising a promoter operably linked to a coding sequence, wherein:
• (a) the coding sequence encodes a transcription factor that is an ortholog of zinc finger CCCH domain-containing protein 54-like protein of Arabidopsis thaliana and has at least 99% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:
• 204;
• (b) the promoter is non-cognate with respect to the coding sequence;
• (c) the coding sequence occurs naturally at a location in the genome;
• (d) the editing is of an endogenous promoter that is operably linked to the coding sequence at the location in the genome to make the non-cognate promoter operably linked to the coding sequence at the location in the genome;
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• (e) the modified plant is Camelina sativa;
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• (2) selecting an edited plant or plant cell in which the polynucleotide is stably maintained, thereby obtaining the modified plant, wherein the reference plant does not comprise the polynucleotide.