Generation of plants with altered oil, protein, or fiber content

A method of producing increased oil content in a plant, said method comprising:

• introducing into progenitor cells of the plant a heterologous constitutive promoter operatively linked to a heterologous polynucleotide that encodes a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence having at least 95% sequence identity to the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:
• 12 and conveying an increased oil phenotype on said plant cells when expressed in said plant cells, to produce transformed cells overexpressing the polypeptide;
• growing the transformed progenitor cells to produce a transgenic plant, wherein said heterologous polynucleotide is expressed in said transgenic plant;
• identifying said transgenic plant that exhibits the increased oil content phenotype relative to a plant of the same species that does not comprise said heterologous polynucleotide;
• and
• recovering oil from said transgenic plant.

A method of producing oil comprising:

• growing a transgenic plant that comprises a heterologous polynucleotide that encodes a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence having at least 95% sequence identity to the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:
• 12 and conveying a decreased fiber content phenotype and an increased oil phenotype on said plant when expressed in said plant;
• identifying the transgenic plant that has said decreased fiber content phenotype and said increased oil phenotype, relative to a plant of the same species that does not comprise the heterologous polynucleotide;
• and
• recovering oil from said transgenic plant.