WOODY PLANTS HAVING IMPROVED GROWTH CHARACTERISTICS AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME

摘要

The present invention pertains to a novel and extensive analytical platfo rm for selecting genes with a possible commercial phenotype from a large gro up of candidate genes identified using tools in bioinformatics, data from ES T sequencing and DNA array. An aspect of the invention provides a method of producing a transgenic plant having an increased growth compared to its wild type. The method comprises altering in the plant the level of a gene produc t of at least one gene specifically expressed during different phases of woo d formation. Further aspects of the invention provide a plant cell or plant progeny of a transgenic plant comprising a recombinant polynucleotide accord ing to the invention. Other aspects pertain a DNA construct comprising a nuc leotide sequence of the invention and a plant cell or plant progeny comprisi ng the DNA construct.