Patent AU-2015203447-A1 (AU)
Title: Plants having enhanced yield-related traits and a method for making the same by overexpressing a polynucleotide encoding a TFL1-like protein
Inventor: REUZEAU CHRISTOPHE
IPC: C12N15/82
Filed: 2015-06-22
Abstract: Abstract Plants having enhanced yield-related traits and a method for making the same The present invention relates generally to the field of molecular biology and concerns a method for enhancing various yield-related traits by modulating expression in a plant of a nucleic acid encoding a TFL1_like (Terminal Flower Like 1) polypeptide. The present invention also concerns plants having modulated expression of a nucleic acid encoding a TFL1_like polypeptide, which plants have enhanced yield-related traits relative to corresponding wild type plants or other control plants. The invention also provides hitherto unknown TFL1_Like encoding nucleic acids, and constructs comprising the same, useful in performing the methods of the invention. Furthermore, the present invention relates generally to the field of molecular biology and concerns a method for improving various plant yield-related traits by modulating expression in a plant of a nucleic acid encoding a R5PI (D-Ribose-5-phosphate isomerase). The present invention also concerns plants having modulated expression of a nucleic acid encoding a R5PI polypeptide, which plants have improved yield-related traits relative to corresponding wild type plants or other control plants. The invention also provides constructs useful in the methods of the invention. Even furthermore, the present invention relates generally to the field of molecular biology and concerns a method for increasing various plant yield-related traits by increasing expression in a plant of a nucleic acid sequence encoding a zinc finger (Znf) domain containing A20/AN1 polypeptide. The present invention also concerns plants having increased expression of a nucleic acid sequence encoding a Znf A20/AN1 polypeptide, which plants have increased yield-related traits relative to control plants. The invention also provides nucleic acid sequence, polypeptide sequence, and constructs useful in the methods of the invention. Furthermore, the present invention relates generally to the field of molecular biology and concerns a method for increasing various plant seed yield-related traits by increasing expression in a plant of a nucleic acid sequence encoding a plant homeodomain zinc finger (PHD-zf) polypeptide. The present invention also concerns plants having increased expression of a nucleic acid sequence encoding a PHD-zf polypeptide, which plants have 6618569_1 (GHMatters) P86035.AU.1 LEOWNR increased seed yield-related traits relative to control plants. The invention additionally relates to nucleic acid sequences, nucleic acid constructs, vectors and plants containing said nucleic acid sequences. Furthermore, the present invention relates generally to the field of molecular biology and concerns a method for enhancing yield-related traits by modulating expression in a plant of a nucleic acid encoding a REF/ALY (RNA and Export Factor-binding protein; also known as ALY). The present invention also concerns plants having modulated expression of a nucleic acid encoding a REF/ALY polypeptide which plants have improved yield-related traits relative to corresponding wild type plants or other control plants. The invention also provides constructs useful in the methods of the invention. 6618569_1 (GHMatters) P86035.AU.1 LEOWNR