Plants having modified growth characteristics and method for making the same
AssigneeCropDesign N.V.
InventorsYves Hatzfeld, Valerie Frankard
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Abstract
The present invention concerns a method for modifying the growth characteristics of plants by modulating expression in a plant of a nucleic acid sequence encoding a TAD protein and/or modulating activity in a plant of a TAD protein. The invention also relates to transgenic plants having modified growth characteristics, which plants have modulated expression of a nucleic acid encoding a TAD protein fragment.
Claims5
Method for increasing seed yield of a plant compared to corresponding control plants by introducing an expression cassette comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding a polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:2, wherein said plant has increased seed yield.
Method for the production of a transgenic plant having increased seed yield compared to corresponding control plants, which method comprises:
- a) introducing into a plant or plant cell a nucleic acid sequence encoding a polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:2;
- b) cultivating the plant or plant cell under conditions promoting regeneration and mature plant growth.
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