Pioneer Hi-bred International, Inc.

E.i. Dupont De Nemours and Company

Other

Syngenta Participations Ag

Michael G Muszynski

Olga Nikolaevna Danilevskaya

Evgueni Ananiev

David Mark Shirbroun

Pedro Hermon

Milo Aukerman

Milo J Auckerman

Xi Chen

Bailin Li

Venkata Krishna Kishore

Daolong Wang

Joseph Dallas Clarke, V

Paul Altendorf

Jay J Thelen

Vincent J H Sewalt

Douglas D Randall

Jan A Miernyk

Thao Dam

Sarah Alissa Forrester

Mary Lynn Senior

Librardo Andres Gutierrez-Rojas

Methods for introgressing an allele of interest of a locus associated with a yield trait intogermplasm are provided. In some embodiments, the methods include providing aplant that contains an allele of interest of a locus associated with a yield trait, wherein the locus associated with the yield trait is identifiable by PCR amplification of anucleic acid with a pair of oligonucleotides primers as disclosed herein, and introgressing the allele of interest intogermplasm that lacks the allele. Also provided are methods for identifyingplants that contain at least one allele associated with improved yield, improved maize plants, eliteplants, biomass produced from improvedplants, isolated and purified genetic markers, and compositions that include an amplification primer pair capable of amplifying anucleic acid to generate amarker amplicon.

Yield traits for maize

The invention provides isolated floral transition nucleic acids and their encoded proteins. The present invention provides methods and compositions relating to altering floral transition in plants. The invention further provides regulatory elements, recombinant expression cassettes, host cells and transgenic plants.

Floral transition genes in maize and uses thereof

The invention provides isolated floral transition nucleic acids and their encoded proteins. The present invention provides methods and compositions relating to altering floral transition in plants. The invention further provides regulatory elements, recombinant expression cassettes, host cells, and transgenic plants.

An isolated polynucleotide encoding a delayed flowering gene (DLF1) is provided, as is the isolated DLF1 protein, peptide portions thereof, and functional fragments of the DLF1. Also provided is a transgenic plant, which contains in its genome a transgene containing the polynucleotide encoding the DLF1 protein, or a nucleotide sequence complementary to the encoding polynucleotide. In addition, methods of identifying a nucleotide sequence and/or a heterologous protein that is specifically bound by the DLF1 protein, methods of using the isolated polynucleotide (or encoded polypeptide), for example, to modulate plant cell growth and/or development, are provided.

Delayed flowering time gene (DLF1) in maize and uses thereof

The invention provides methods and compositions relating to altering carbohydrate metabolism and/or composition of plants. The invention provides isolated nucleic acids and their encoded proteins, expression cassettes, host cells, transgenic plants, and antibody compositions.

Pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase polynucleotides, polypeptides and uses thereof

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Johnston, IA, United States of America

Michael G Muszynski