Plants having enhanced yield-related traits and a method for making the same

摘要

The present invention relates generally to the field of molecular biology and concerns a method for enhancing yield-related traits in plants, relative to control plants. More specifically, the present invention concerns a method for increasing yield in plants by increasing expression in a plant of a nucleic acid encoding a S quamosa p romoter binding protein- l ike 15 (SPL15) transcription factor polypeptide. The present invention also concerns plants having increased expression of a nucleic acid encoding an SPL15 transcription factor polypeptide, which plants have increased yield relative to suitable control plants. The invention also provides constructs useful in the methods of the invention.