US 7,579,518 B2
Plants having improved seed yield and expressing a nucleic acid encoding a small subunit ribosomal (S3A) protein and method for making the same
Attila Feher, Szeged (Hungary); Denes Dudits, Szeged (Hungary); and Valerie Frankard, Rhode-St-Genese (Belgium)
Assigned to Cropdesign N.V., Zwijnaarde (Belgium)
Filed on Mar. 21, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/84,250.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/556847, filed on Mar. 26, 2004.
Claims priority of application No. 04101179 (EP), filed on Mar. 22, 2004.
Prior Publication US 2005/0210544 A1, Sep. 22, 2005
Int. Cl. C12N 15/82 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 800—290 10 Claims
 
1. A method for increasing seed yield in plants, comprising
(i) introducing an expressing in a plant a nucleic acid encoding an S3A polypeptide having at least 80% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:2,
(ii) growing said plant expressing said nucleic acid,
(iii) screening for plants having increased yield relative to plants of the same species that do not comprise and express said nucleic acid, and
(iv) harvesting seeds from said plant.