Monsanto Technology LLC

Elena A Rice

Sivalinganna Manjunath

Paul J Loida

Rebecca L Thompson

Balasulojini Karunanandaa

Vijay K Sharma

Beth Savidge

Daniel J Ovadya

Karen Gabbert

Alexander Goldshmidt

Miya Howell

Shunhong Dai

Brent Brower-Toland

Sasha Preuss

Cara L Griffith

Rico A Caldo

Bradley W McDill

Jeffrey E Ahrens

J Philip Taylor

Abha Khandelwal

Edwards M Allen

Barry S Goldman

Linda L Lutfiyya

Tyamagondlu V Venkatesh

Robert J Meister

Huai Wang

Stephen M Duff

Anagha M Sant

Monnanda Somaiah Rajani

Mary Fernandes

Dhanalakshmi Ramachandra

Qin Zeng

Jianmin Zhao

Saritha V Kuriakose

Bettina Darveaux

Srikanth Babu Venkatachalayya

Daniel Ruzicka

Jon J Schmuke

Xiao Yang

Miya D Howell

Bradley W Mcdill

The present invention provides recombinant DNA constructs, vectors and molecules comprising a polynucleotide sequence encoding a florigenic FT protein operably linked to a vegetative stage promoter, which may also be a meristem-preferred or meristem-specific promoter. Transgenic plants, plant cells and tissues, and plant parts are further provided comprising a polynucleotide sequence encoding a florigenic FT protein. Transgenic plants comprising a florigenic FT transgene may produce more bolls, siliques, fruits, nuts, or pods per node on the transgenic plant, particularly on the main stem of the plant, relative to a control or wild type plant. Methods are further provided for introducing a florigenic FT transgene into a plant, and planting transgenic FT plants in the field including at higher densities. Transgenic plants of the present invention may thus provide greater yield potential than wild type plants and may be planted at a higher density due to their altered plant architecture.

Compositions and methods for altering flowering and plant architecture to improve yield potential

A recombinant DNA construct is disclosed. When the recombinant DNA construct is expressed in a plant or a plant cell, endogenous HD-Zip class II proteins become less able to repress DNA transcription of the genes they typically regulate. The recombinant DNA construct can be expressed in plant cells to produce plants with enhanced phenotypes. Methods of making transgenic plants comprising the recombinant DNA construct, and plants produced thereby are also disclosed.

Interfering with HD-Zip transcription factor repression of gene expression to produce plants with enhanced traits

This disclosure provides recombinant DNA constructs and transgenic plants having enhanced traits such as increased yield, increased nitrogen use efficiency, and enhanced drought tolerance or water use efficiency. Transgenic plants may include field crops as well as plant propagules and progeny of such transgenic plants. Methods of making and using such transgenic plants are also provided. This disclosure also provides methods of producing seed from such transgenic plants, growing such seed, and selecting progeny plants with enhanced traits. Also disclosed are transgenic plants with altered phenotypes which are useful for screening and selecting transgenic events for the desired enhanced trait.

Transgenic plants with enhanced traits

The disclosure provides DNA molecules and constructs, as well as their nucleotide sequences, useful for modulating gene expression in plants. The disclosure also provides nucleic acid sequences fromcomprising novel regulatory elements identified from the AtHB17 gene. The disclosure also provides transgenic plants, plant cells, plant parts, and seeds comprising the DNA molecules operably linked to heterologous transcribable polynucleotides are also provided, as are methods of their use.

Plant regulatory elements and uses thereof

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Olivette, MO, United States of America

Elena A Rice