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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2006
Applicants:
Wesley B Bruce, Raleigh, NC (US);
Suling Zhao, Johnston, IA (US);
Inventors:
Wesley B Bruce, Raleigh, NC (US);
Suling Zhao, Johnston, IA (US);
Assignee:
Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., Johnston, IA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 15/29 (2006.01); C12N 15/82 (2006.01); C12N 5/04 (2006.01); A01H 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provided methods and compositions for modifying flower development and reproductive development in plants. The methods involve transforming a plant with a polynucleotide construct comprising a promoter operably lined to polynucleotide molecule encoding a short vegetative phase-like transcription factor. The compositions include transformed plants, plant cells, seeds, and expression cassettes comprising a polynucleotide molecule encoding a short vegetative phase-like transcription factor or fragment or variant thereof.