Patent ID: 8921658
Filing Date: 2014-12-30
Classification: C12N,Y02A

Abstract:
1. A method of increasing a trait of a plant under non-stress growth conditions as compared to a non-transformed plant which is grown under the same growth conditions, the trait is selected from the group consisting of: rosette diameter, growth rate of plot coverage, growth rate of rosette diameter, growth rate of rosette area, and growth rate of leaf blade 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: 132, and (b) selecting plants resulting from step (a) for an increased rosette diameter, growth rate of plot coverage, growth rate of rosette diameter, growth rate of rosette area, and/or growth rate of leaf blade area under non-stress growth conditions as compared to a non-transformed plant which is grown under the same growth conditions, thereby increasing the trait of the plant under the non-stress growth conditions.