Patent ID: 9157092
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: C07K,C12N,C12Y,Y02A

Abstract:
1. A method for enhancing seed yield-related traits in a plant relative to a control plant, comprising introducing and expressing in a plant a nucleic acid encoding a chloride channel-like (CLC-like) polypeptide, and selecting for a plant having enhanced seed yield-related traits relative to a control plant, wherein said nucleic acid is selected from the group consisting of: (a) a nucleic acid comprising the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1; (b) a nucleic acid encoding a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2; and (c) a nucleic acid encoding a polypeptide having at least 95% sequence identity to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2.