Abstract: This invention provides recombinant DNA for expression of proteins that are useful for imparting enhanced agronomic trait(s) to transgenic crop plants. Also provided by this invention is transgenic seed for growing a transgenic plant having recombinant DNA in its genome and exhibiting an enhance agronomic trait, i.e. enhanced nitrogen use efficiency, increased yield, enhanced water use efficiency, enhanced tolerance to cold stress and/or improved seed compositions. Also disclosed are methods for identifying such transgenic plants by screening for nitrogen use efficiency, yield, water use efficiency, growth under cold stress, and seed composition changes. This invention also discloses a method of identifying the target genes of a transcription factor.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides transgenic seeds and plants with enhanced cold tolerance and cold vigor. The disclosure also provides methods of producing these transgenic plants and seeds. The present disclosure further provides methods of producing crops that can be grown under sub-optimum conditions and methods of increasing the yield of crop plants by extending growing season of a plant by earlier planting of transgenic seeds of the invention under sub-optimum growth conditions.