Genes that increase plant oil and method for using the same

A method for producing a plant in which the seeds of said plant exhibit an increase in weight, an increase in amount of fat and oil, or an increase in fat and oil content, said method comprising the step of expressing a chimeric protein in a plant, said chimeric protein comprising a transcription factor fused to a repressor domain sequence that converts said transcription factor into a transcription repressor,

• wherein said transcription factor is a protein comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:
• 12, or a protein comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:
• 12 but in which 1-20 amino acids have been deleted, substituted, added or inserted,
• and wherein the seeds of said plant exhibit an increase in weight, an increase in amount of fat and oil, or an increase in fat and oil content, in comparison to a wild-type plant not expressing said chimeric protein.

A method for isolating fat and oil from a plant, comprising separating and recovering fat and oil from the seeds of a plant which expresses a chimeric protein, wherein said chimeric protein comprises a transcription factor fused to a repressor domain sequence that converts said transcription factor into a transcription repressor,

• wherein said transcription factor is a protein comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:
• 12, or a protein comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:
• 12 but in which 1-20 amino acids have been deleted, substituted, added or inserted,
• and wherein the seeds of said plant exhibit an increase in weight, an increase in amount of fat and oil, or an increase in fat and oil content, in comparison to a wild-type plant not expressing said chimeric protein.

A chimeric protein comprising a transcription factor fused to a repressor domain sequence that converts said transcription factor into a transcription repressor,

• wherein said transcription factor is a protein comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:
• 12, or a protein comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:
• 12 but in which 1-20 amino acids have been deleted, substituted, added or inserted,
• and wherein when said chimeric protein is expressed in a plant, said plant produces seeds that exhibit an increase in weight, an increase in amount of fat and oil, or an increase in fat and oil content, in comparison to a wild-type plant not expressing said chimeric protein.