Patent ID: 8569575
Filing Date: 2013-10-29
Classification: C07K,C12N,Y02A

Abstract:
1. A method for enhancing a seed yield-related trait in a plant relative to a control plant, comprising (a) increasing expression in a plant of an isolated nucleic acid, and (b) selecting for a plant having an enhanced seed yield-related trait relative to a corresponding control plant, wherein the isolated nucleic acid comprises a nucleic acid sequence encoding a Circadian Clock Associated1 (CCA1)-like protein, which comprises a SANT domain having motif 1 of SEQ ID NO: 141 and motif 2 of SEQ ID NO: 142, where the nucleic acid sequence comprises wherein said increased expression is effected by introducing and expressing in a plant, plant cell, or plant part said isolated nucleic acid, and wherein said seed yield-related trait comprises any one or more of the following: total seed yield, number of filled seeds, seed fill rate, number of flowers per panicle, harvest index, or thousand kernel weight.