Patent ID: 8299319

Claim:
A method for increasing plant yield or biomass, comprising 1) introducing into a plant a nucleic acid encoding a CCS52 protein under the control of a tissue-specific promoter or a ubiquitin promoter, wherein said CCS52 protein comprises a) SEQ ID NO: 7, SEQ ID NO: 8, SEQ ID NO: 9, SEQ ID NO: 10, SEQ ID NO: 11, SEQ ID NO: 12, SEQ ID NO: 13, SEQ ID NO: 14, and SEQ ID NO: 16; or b) SEQ ID NO: 7, SEQ ID NO: 8, SEQ ID NO: 9, SEQ ID NO: 10, SEQ ID NO: 11, SEQ ID NO: 12, SEQ ID NO: 13, SEQ ID NO: 14, SEQ ID NO: 16, and SEQ ID NO: 15; and 2) selecting a plant having increased yield or biomass as compared to a corresponding control plant.