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AssigneeBASF Plant Science GmbH
InventorsAna Isabel Sanz Molinero, Yves Hatzfeld, Christophe Reuzeau
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The present invention relates generally to the field of molecular biology and concerns a method for enhancing yield-related traits by modulating expression in a plant of a nucleic acid encoding an MSR (Methionine_Sulfoxide_Reductase), a nucleic acid encoding an Enolase, or a nucleic acid encoding a ZAT-like zinc transporter. The present invention further concerns a method for improving various plant growth characteristics by modulating expression in a plant of a nucleic acid encoding 6-PGDH (6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase or 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase) polypeptide. Plants having modulated expression of a nucleic acid encoding a MSR, an Enolase, a ZAT-like zinc transporter, or 6-PGDH polypeptide and enhanced yield-related traits or improved growth characteristics relative to corresponding wild type or control plants are also provided. Further provided are constructs useful in the methods of the invention.
A method for increasing seed yield, number of flowers, root biomass, and/or emergence vigor in a plant relative to a control plant, comprising introducing and expressing in a plant a nucleic acid encoding a methionine sulfoxide reductase (MSR) polypeptide, and evaluating the plant for a phenotype of increased seed yield, increased number of flowers, increased root biomass, and/or increased emergence vigor under non-stress conditions relative to a control plant, wherein said nucleic acid is:
A method for the production of a transgenic plant having increased seed yield, increased number of flowers, increased root biomass, and/or increased emergence vigor relative to a control plant, comprising:
A transgenic plant having increased seed yield, increased number of flowers, increased root biomass, and/or increased emergence vigor relative to a control plant under non-stress conditions, resulting from introducing and increasing expression of a nucleic acid encoding an MSR polypeptide, or a transgenic plant cell from said transgenic plant, wherein said nucleic acid is:
A method for increasing seed yield in a plant relative to a control plant, comprising transforming a nucleic acid encoding an MSR polypeptide into a plant or plant cell, and evaluating the plant for a phenotype of increased seed yield relative to a control plant, wherein said nucleic acid is:
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