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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2004
Applicants:
Ray J. Wu, Ithaca, NY (US);
Ajay K. Garg, Ithaca, NY (US);
Ju-kon Kim, Kyonggi-Do, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Cornell Research Foundation, Inc., Ithaca, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01H 5/00 (2006.01); A01H 5/10 (2006.01); C12N 15/82 (2006.01); C12N 5/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An isolated nucleic acid construct including a nucleic acid molecule encoding a light-labile, phytochrome A, a light-inducible promoter which is 5' to the nucleic acid molecule encoding a light-labile, phytochrome A, and a terminator region which is 3′ to the nucleic acid molecule encoding a light-labile, phytochrome A is disclosed. Methods for regulating a plant's canopy architecture and regulating a plant's seed yield, which involve transgenic plants or transgenic plant seeds including an isolated nucleic acid construct according to the present invention, are also disclosed.