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

A plant, yield technology, applied in the field of molecular biology

Inactive Publication Date: 2010-07-14
BASF PLANT SCI GMBH
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However, such selective breeding techniques have several drawbacks, namely that these techniques are generally labor-intensive and that the resulting pl

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[0173] I NITR

[0174] It has now surprisingly been found that modulating expression in plants of a nucleic acid encoding a NITR polypeptide gives these plants enhanced yield-related traits relative to control plants. According to a first embodiment, the present invention provides a method for enhancing yield-related traits in plants relative to control plants, comprising modulating expression in a plant of a nucleic acid encoding a NITR polypeptide.

[0175] A preferred method of modulating (preferably increasing) expression of a nucleic acid encoding a NITR polypeptide is to introduce and express in a plant a nucleic acid encoding a NITR polypeptide.

[0176]Any "protein useful in the methods of the invention" mentioned below is understood to mean a NITR polypeptide as defined herein. Any "nucleic acid useful in the methods of the invention" mentioned below is understood to mean a nucleic acid capable of encoding such a NITR polypeptide. The nucleic acid to be introduced...

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The present invention relates generally to the field of molecular biology and concerns a method for enhancing various economically important yield-related traits in plants. More specifically, the present invention concerns a method for enhancing yield-related traits in plants by modulating expression in a plant of a nucleic acid encoding a NITR (Nitrite Reductase) polypeptide or an ASNS (Asparagine Synthase) polypeptide. The present invention also concerns plants having modulated expression of a nucleic acid encoding a NITR polypeptide or an ASNS polypeptide, which plants have enhanced yield-related traits relative to control plants. The invention also provides constructs comprising NITR-encoding nucleic acids or ASNS-encoding nucleic acids, useful in performing the methods of the invention.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates generally to the field of molecular biology and relates to methods of improving various plant growth characteristics by modulating expression in plants of nucleic acids encoding NITR (nitrite reductase). The present invention also relates to plants having modulated expression of a nucleic acid encoding NITR, which plants have improved growth characteristics relative to corresponding wild-type plants or other control plants. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a method for improving various plant growth characteristics by modulating expression in plants of a nucleic acid encoding ASNS (Asparagine Synthetase). The present invention also relates to plants having modulated expression of a nucleic acid encoding an ASNS, which plants have improved growth characteristics relative to corresponding wild-type plants or other control plants. The invention also provides constructs useful in the methods of the invention. Bac...

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IPC IPC(8): C12N15/82C07K14/415A01H5/00
CPCC12N9/0044C12N15/8261Y02A40/146
Inventor Y·海茨费尔德
Owner BASF PLANT SCI GMBH
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