Patent ID: 8461419
Filing Date: 2013-06-11
Classification: C07K,C12N,Y02A

Abstract:
1. A method for decreasing plant height or volume, or increasing tillering or yield of a crop, comprising introducing and expressing in a plant a polynucleotide selected from the group consisting of: (a) a polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide having the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:3; (b) a polynucleotide encoding a variant of the polypeptide of (a), comprising substitution, deletion, or addition of 1-50 amino acid residues in the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:3 and wherein a plant transformed with said sequence has a decreased plant height, (c) the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 2: and (d) the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1.