Monsanto Technology LLC

Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.

Karen Gabbert

Balasulojini Karunanandaa

Beth Savidge

Daniel J Ovadya

Vijay K Sharma

Miya Howell

Alexander Goldshmidt

Shunhong Dai

Brent Brower-Toland

Sivalinganna Manjunath

Elena A Rice

Sasha Preuss

Rico A Caldo

Bradley W McDill

Wei Wu

Qin Zeng

Bala Karunanandaa

Subbaiah Chalivendra

Oliver J Ratcliffe

T Lynne Reuber

Robert A Creelman

Neal I Gutterson

Cai-Zhong Jiang

Barry S Goldman

Roderick W Kumimoto

Thomas Gene Ruff

Virginia Ursin

Robert J Meister

Deborah J Hawkins

Mark Scott Abad

Jeffrey M Libby

Jeffrey E Ahrens

Paolo Castiglioni

Peter P Repetti

Jingrui Wu

Wei Zheng

Todd DeZwaan

Paul J Loida

Michael D Edgerton

Donald E Nelson

Richard Eric Cerny

Molian Deng

Jill Deikman

Stephen M Duff

Richard Johnson

Marie E Petracek

Steven H Schwartz

Zhidong Xie

Steve Sichuan He

Erin Bell

Jaishree M Chittoor-Vijayanath

Dhanalakshmi Ramachandra

Jindong Sun

Bradon James Fabbri

Robert J Bensen

Obed Patty

Xianfeng Chen

Monica P Ravanello

Savitha Madappa

Jason Fenner

Maureen Daley

Garrett J Lee

Srikanth Babu Venkatachalayya

Kammaradi R Vidya

Ming Peng

Dan Ovadya

Rebecca L Thompson-Mize

Brad McDill

Todd C Weber

K Vijayalakshmi

Tymagondlu V Venkatesh

Dale L Vai

Padmini Sudarshana

Rick A Sanders

Rajani Monnanda Somaiah

Anand Pandravada

Shobha Char

Alice Clara Augustine

Ganesh Kumar

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

Methods for manipulating yield and generation time of plants, especially short day plants such as soybean are provided. The methods comprise manipulating external signals such as long day conditions, short day conditions, growth medium, and nutrient supply.

Methods for manipulating yield of plants and identifying yield genes

The present invention provides recombinant DNA constructs, vectors and molecules useful for attenuating and/or refining the expression of a florigenic FT gene or transgene using targeting sequences of small RNA molecules. Transgenic plants, plant cells and tissues, and plant parts comprising the recombinant constructs, vectors, and molecules are also provided. Transgenic plants comprising a florigenic FT transgene may produce more bolls, siliques, fruits, nuts, or pods per node on the transgenic plant via suppression, relative to a control or wild type plant. Methods are further provided for introducing the recombinant DNA constructs, vectors, and molecules into a plant, and planting transgenic plants in the field including at higher densities. Transgenic plants of the present invention may provide greater yield potential than wild type or control plants.

This invention provides recombinant DNA constructs, transgenic plant nuclei and cells with such recombinant DNA construct for expression of proteins that are useful for imparting enhanced agronomic trait(s) to transgenic crop plants. This invention also provides transgenic plants and progeny seed comprising the transgenic plant cells where the plants are selected for having an enhanced trait selected from the group of traits consisting of enhanced water use efficiency, enhanced cold tolerance, increased yield, enhanced nitrogen use efficiency, enhanced seed protein and enhanced seed oil. Also disclosed are methods for manufacturing transgenic seed and plants with enhanced traits.

Transgenic plants with enhanced agronomic traits

The present invention provides non-coding regulatory element polynucleotide molecules isolated from the At.PLD&#x3b4; gene or the At.HVA22e gene ofand useful for expressing transgenes in plants. The invention further discloses compositions, polynucleotide constructs, transformed host cells, transgenic plants and seeds containing theregulatory polynucleotide sequences, and methods for preparing and using the same.

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Polynucleotides incorporated into expression vectors have been introduced into plants and were ectopically expressed. The encoded polypeptides of the invention have been shown to confer at least one regulatory activity and confer greater size, greater organ size, greater biomass, greater yield, curlier leaves, darker coloration, greater tolerance to water deprivation, delayed flowering, delayed development, delayed senescence, greater tolerance to cold, and/or greater tolerance to hyperosmotic stress as compared to a control plant.

Plants with improved yield and stress tolerance

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St. Louis, MO, United States of America

Karen Gabbert