Patent ID: 7439018

Claim:
A method of identifying an agent which modulates yield, said method comprising contacting at least one candidate agent which may modulate function of an EG1117 polynucleotide or polypeptide with a plant or cell comprising an EG1117 gene, and detecting modulation in the yield of said plant, or of a plant crown from said cell, wherein said EG1117 gene comprises a polynucleotide selected from the group consisting of: a) a polynucleotide selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 112, SEQ ID NO:113, and SEQ ID NO:114; b) a polynucleotide having at least 95% sequence identity to a polynucleotide of a), wherein the presence of said polynucleotide is a marker of increased yield in a plant of the genus Oryza; c) a polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide comprising SEQ ID NO: 115; and d) a polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide having at least 95% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 115, wherein the presence of a polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide of (d) is a marker of increased yield in a plant of the genus Oryza.