Plants Having Enhanced Yield-Related Traits And Methods For Making The Same

A method for enhancing yield-related traits in a plant relative to a control plant, comprising introducing and expressing in a plant:

• a) a nucleic acid encoding an ELM2-related polypeptide, wherein said ELM2-related polypeptide comprises an Interpro accession IPR 000949, according to PFAM accession number PF01448 ELM2 domain, wherein said ELM2-related polypeptide comprises one or more motifs having at least 80% sequence identity with one or more of the following motifs:
• (i) Motif 1 comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:
• 93;
• (ii) Motif 2 comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:
• 94;
• (iii) Motif 3 comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:
• 95;
• b) a nucleic acid encoding a GPx-related polypeptide, wherein said GPx-related polypeptide comprises one or more motifs and/or signatures having at least 80% sequence identity with a motif and/or signature selected from the group consisting of motifs 7 to 18:
• (i) Motif 7 comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:
• 361;
• (ii) Motif 8 comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:
• 362;
• (iii) Motif 9 comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:
• 363;
• (iv) Motif 10 comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:
• 364;
• (v) Motif 11 comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:
• 365;
• (vi) Motif 12 comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:
• 366;
• (vii) Motif 13 comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:
• 367;
• (viii) Motif 14 comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:
• 368;
• (ix) Motif 15 comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:
• 369;
• (x) Motif 16 comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:
• 370;
• (xi) Motif 17 comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:
• 371;
• (xii) Motif 18 comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:
• 372;
• and/or one or more signatures 1 to 6,
• (i) Signature 1 comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:
• 373;
• (ii) Signature 2 comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:
• 374;
• (iii) Signature 3 comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:
• 375;
• (iv) Signature 4 comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:
• 376;
• (v) Signature 5 comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:
• 377;
• (vi) Signature 6 comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:
• 378;
• c) a nucleic acid encoding an EMG1-like polypeptide, wherein said EMG1-like polypeptide comprises an InterPro accession IPR005304 EMG1 domain corresponding to PFAM accession number PF03587, wherein said EMG1-like polypeptide comprises an EMG1 domain having at least 60% sequence identity with the EMG1 domain from amino acid 81 to 276 of SEQ ID NO:
• 179;
• or
• d) a nucleic acid molecule encoding a WRKY-related polypeptide, preferably comprising one or more motifs selected from the group consisting of WRKYGQ motif, basic motif, coiled coil motif as defined herein.