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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2014
Applicant:
Monsanto Technology Llc, St. Louis, MO (US);
Inventors:
Daniel J. Ovadya, Davis, CA (US);
Kyle Smith, St. Louis, MO (US);
Sheilah Oltmans-Deardorff, Ankeny, IA (US);
Rockny Perez, Isabela, PR (US);
Assignee:
Monsanto Technology, LLC, St. Louis, MO (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01G 22/00 (2018.01); A01G 7/04 (2006.01); A01G 7/06 (2006.01); A01H 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01G 22/00 (2018.02); A01G 7/045 (2013.01); A01G 7/06 (2013.01); A01H 3/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods for manipulating yield and generation time of short day plants grown in a field environment are provided. The methods comprise manipulating external signals such as photoperiod in order to increase the per plant seed yield. Also provided are methods for synchronizing the flowering times of plants in different maturity groups.