Patent ID: 8957282
Filing Date: 2015-02-17
Classification: C07K,C12N,Y02A

Abstract:
1. A method for altering a trait of a soybean plant as compared to a control soybean plant, the method comprising: (a) introducing a recombinant polynucleotide into a soybean plant to produce a transgenic soybean plant; wherein the recombinant polynucleotide comprises a constitutive promoter operably linked to a polynucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide having at least 90% amino acid identity with SEQ ID NO: 2; wherein the control soybean plant does not comprise the recombinant polynucleotide and (b) selecting the transgenic soybean plant exhibiting the altered trait as compared to the control soybean plant; wherein overexpression of the polypeptide in the transgenic soybean plant confers the altered trait relative to the control soybean plant; and wherein the altered trait is selected from the group consisting of greater water use efficiency; improved late season vigor; an increased stand count; greater late season canopy coverage; greater internode length; a reduced percentage of hard seed; a greater stem diameter; and an increased number of pod-bearing mainstem nodes.