TRANSGENIC PLANTS COMPRISING AS TRANSGENE A CLASS I TCP OR CLAVATA 1 (CLV1) OR CAH3 POLYPEPTIDE HAVING INCREASED SEED YIELD AND A METHODFOR MAKING THE SAME

摘要

The present invention relates generally to the field of molecular biology and concerns a method for enhancing various economically important yield-re lated traits in plants. More specifically, the present invention concerns a method for enhancing various economically important yield-related traits in plants relative to control plants, by increasing expression in a plant of a nucleic acid sequence encoding a Yield-Enhancing Polypeptide (YEP). The YEP may be a Class I TCP or a CAH3 or a Clayata 1 (CLV1 ) polypeptide with a non -functional C-terminal domain. The present invention also concerns plants ha ving increased expression of a nucleic acid sequence encoding a YEP, which p lants have enhanced yield-related traits in plants relative to control plant s. The invention also provides constructs useful in the methods of the inven tion.