Patent ID: 8937220
Filing Date: 2015-01-20
Classification: C07K,C12N,Y02A

Abstract:
1. A method of increasing a trait of a plant as compared to a non-transformed plant of the same species, the trait is selected from the group consisting of: rosette area, rosette diameter, and growth rate of rosette area, the method comprising: (a) expressing within the plant an exogenous polynucleotide comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding the polypeptide set forth in SEQ ID NO: 246, wherein said exogenous polynucleotide is comprised within a nucleic acid construct and is operably linked to a plant promoter within said nucleic acid construct, and (b) selecting plants resulting from step (a) for an increased trait selected from the group consisting of: rosette area, rosette diameter, and growth rate of rosette area, as compared to a non-transformed plant of the same species which is grown under the same growth conditions, thereby increasing the trait of the plant as compared to a non-transformed plant of the same species.