Plants having improved seed yield and expressing a nucleic acid encoding a small subunit ribosomal (S3A) protein and method for making the same
US7579518B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 21, 2005 |
| Grant date | Aug 25, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 21, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02A40/146
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The present invention concerns a method for improving the growth characteristics of plants by introducing and expressing in a plant a nucleic acid encoding a small subunit ribosomal (S3a) protein. The invention also relates to transgenic plants having introduced therein a nucleic acid encoding an S3a protein, which plants have improved growth characteristics relative to corresponding wild type plants. The improved growth characteristics are particularly increased seed yield compared to corresponding wild type plants, in particularly increased number of filled seeds, increased total seed weight, increased harvest index and increased thousand kernel weight. The present invention also concerns constructs useful in the methods of the invention.
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