Crop grain filling gene (gif1) and the applications thereof
AssigneeShanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences
InventorsZuhua He, Hongxia Zhang, Bei Li, Hua Liu
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Abstract
Novel crop grain filling genes (GIF1) and the applications thereof are presented in the invention. The GIF1 genes can be applied to control grain filling, enhance crop yield or quality, or improve disease resistance or storage stability of crop grains. A method for improving crops is also presented in the invention. The GIF1 genes shows valuable potentials in controlling crop yield, quality, storage, and resistance to diseases.
Claims11
An isolated crop grain filling protein, wherein the protein is selected from the group consisting of:
- (a) a polypeptide having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:
- 7 or 10;
- or
- (b) a polypeptide derived from the polypeptide of (a) by substitution, deletion or addition of one or several amino acid residues in the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:
- 7 or 10 and having the activity of promoting crop grain filling.
A method for improving crops, wherein the method comprises:
- enhancing the expression of the crop grain filling gene in the crop.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.