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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2005
Attila Feher, Szeged, HU;
Denes Dudits, Szeged, HU;
Valerie Frankard, Rhode-St-Genese, BE;
Cropdesign N.V., Zwijnaarde, BE;
Abstract
The present invention concerns a method for improving the growth characteristics of plants by introducing and expressing in a plant a nucleic acid encoding a small subunit ribosomal (S3a) protein. The invention also relates to transgenic plants having introduced therein a nucleic acid encoding an S3a protein, which plants have improved growth characteristics relative to corresponding wild type plants. The improved growth characteristics are particularly increased seed yield compared to corresponding wild type plants, in particularly increased number of filled seeds, increased total seed weight, increased harvest index and increased thousand kernel weight. The present invention also concerns constructs useful in the methods of the invention.