Interactors and targets for improving plant agronomic characteristics

A method for increasing grain or seed or biomass yield in a plant, the method comprising:

• a. expressing in a regenerable plant cell a recombinant DNA construct comprising a regulatory element operably linked to a polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence that is at least 80% identical to an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOS:
• 1-11, 23-31, 40-299, 563, 565, and 567-573;
• and
• b. generating the plant, wherein the plant comprises in its genome the recombinant DNA construct.

A method for increasing photosynthetic activity in a plant, the method comprising:

• a. expressing in a regenerable plant cell a recombinant DNA construct comprising a regulatory element operably linked to a polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence that is at least 90% identical to an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOS:
• 1-11, 23-31, 40-299, 563, 565, and 567-573;
• and
• b. generating the plant, wherein the plant comprises in its genome the recombinant DNA construct.

A method for increasing photosynthetic activity in a plant, the method comprising:

• a. introducing in a regenerable plant cell a targeted genetic modification at a genomic locus that encodes a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence that is at least 80% identical to an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOS:
• 1-11, 23-31, 40-299, 563, 565, and 567-573;
• and
• b. generating the plant, wherein the level and/or activity of the encoded polypeptide is increased in the plant.