Monsanto Technology LLC

Rebecca L Thompson

Paul J Loida

Elena A Rice

Cara L Griffith

Jeffrey E Ahrens

Sivalinganna Manjunath

J Philip Taylor

Abha Khandelwal

Edwards M Allen

Barry S Goldman

Balasulojini Karunanandaa

Linda L Lutfiyya

Tyamagondlu V Venkatesh

Nordine Cheikh

Robert J Meister

Huai Wang

Stephen M Duff

Anagha M Sant

Monnanda Somaiah Rajani

Mary Fernandes

Dhanalakshmi Ramachandra

Bettina Darveaux

Qin Zeng

Saritha V Kuriakose

Jianmin Zhao

Dane K Fisher

Srikanth Babu Venkatachalayya

Daniel Ruzicka

Jon J Schmuke

Xiao Yang

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

A method of changing the activity of hexokinases in a plant sink comprising introducing into the plant a gene encoding a fungal hexokinase. In the method, the gene is expressed in the plant seed tissue to produce the protein, thereby changing characteristics of hexokinase activity in the seed of the plant.

Method of increasing yield in a plant and genes useful therefor

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St. Charles, MO, United States of America

Rebecca L Thompson