Patent ID: 11856903
Assignee: MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC
Field: Food chemistry (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A method for increasing yield of a soybean plant, the method comprising:
(i) planting a seed of the soybean plant and growing the plant under long day growing conditions wherein the long day growing conditions comprise at least about 14 hours of light per day;
(ii) after said long day conditions, growing the plant under short day growing conditions for about 3 to about 21 days, wherein the period of short day growing conditions is initiated at a plant growth stage prior to V4 and wherein the short day growing conditions comprise about 9 to about 11 hours of light per day;
(iii) after said short day growing conditions, growing the plant under long day growing conditions, wherein the long day growing conditions comprise a light intensity of between 1000 and 2000 μmoles m−2s−1; and
(iv) allowing seed to form, wherein more of said seed forms relative to a control plant grown for the same amount of time but without all of said steps (i)-(iii);
wherein said steps (i)-(iii) induce flowering.