Patent ID: 8071846

Claim:
A transgenic dicot plant having reduced sensitivity to light as compared to a control plant, wherein the transgenic dicot plant comprises a recombinant polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide that comprises, in order from n-terminus to c-terminus: (a) a conserved domain with at least 58% amino acid identity with amino acids 5-50 of SEQ ID NO: 2; and (b) SEQ ID NO: 58; wherein the control plant does not comprise the recombinant polynucleotide; and wherein expression of the polypeptide in the transgenic dicot plant confers to the transgenic dicot plant the reduced sensitivity to light and wherein the reduced sensitivity to light is characterized by longer hypocotyls, longer petioles, more upright leaves, and/or greater internode length, than the control plant.