Patent ID: 7674953
Filing Date: 2010-03-09
Classification: A61P,C07K,C12N,Y02A

Abstract:
1. Method for producing plants with at least one altered plant characteristic selected from increased yield, increased biomass, altered architecture and altered cell division of the plant compared to a control plant, said method comprising increasing expression in plants of a nucleic acid sequence encoding plant class-2 non-symbiotic haemoglobin by transforming said plants with a nucleic acid sequence encoding plant class-2 non-symbiotic haemoglobin to produce transformed plants, said nucleic acid sequence being SEQ ID NO:3 or a nucleic acid sequence encoding the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:4, wherein the plant characteristic is selected from one or more of increased yield, increased biomass, altered architecture or altered cell division, and selecting from the transformed plants those transformed plants which have at least one of said characteristics.