Ceres, Inc.

Kenneth Bounds

Shing Kwok

Roger I Pennell

Michael F Portereiko

Vijay K Sharma

Gerard Magpantay

James Burns

Sam Harris

Han-Suk Kim

Ryan Miller

Amy Jo Miyamoto

Methods and materials for modulating low light and/or shade tolerance, and red light specific responses in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding low light and/or SD+EODFR-tolerance polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Also disclosed are plants having increased low light and/or SD+EODFR tolerance. In addition, methods and materials involved in increasing UV-B tolerance in plants and methods and materials involved in modulating biomass levels in plants are provided.

Modulating light response pathways in plants, increasing light-related tolerances in plants, and increasing biomass in plants

Regulatory regions suitable for directing the expression of a heterologous polynucleotide under light conditions in which the red/far red ratio is less than 1 are described, as well as nucleic acid constructs that include these regulatory regions. Also disclosed are transgenic plants that contain such constructs and methods of producing such transgenic plants.

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Tarzana, CA, United States of America

Kenneth Bounds