Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of molecular biology and concerns a method for enhancing various economically important yield-related traits in plants. More specifically, the present invention concerns a method for enhancing yield-related traits in plants by modulating expression in a plant of a nucleic acid encoding an IAA2-like (auxin/indoleacetic acid 2 like) polypeptide. The present invention also concerns plants having modulated expression of a nucleic acid encoding IAA2-like polypeptide, which plants have enhanced yield-related traits relative to control plants. The invention also provides constructs comprising IAA2-like-encoding nucleic acids, useful in performing the methods of the invention. The present invention also relates generally to the field of molecular biology and concerns a method for improving various plant growth characteristics by modulating expression in a plant of a nucleic acid encoding a NAC10-like polypeptide.

Abstract: A promoter, which may be used to transform a plant and/or express a gene substantially uniformly in substantially all organs and/or tissues of a plant, and which may include a constitutive expression promoter for transforming a monocot plant. A vector including a promoter, which may include a recombinant plant expression vector. A method of producing a target protein using a vector, and a method of producing a transformed cell and/or plant using a vector. A transformed plant, a transformed seed and a transformed cell are included, which may be formed by the method of producing the same using a vector. A PCR primer for a promoter is provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to fusion polynucleotides for biosynthesis of beta-carotene and a method for producing beta-carotene using the same. More particularly, it relates to fusion polynucleotides encoding phytoene synthase, connective sequences of FMDV-derived 2A sequence or internal ribosome entry site (IRES) and carotene desaturase, and a method for producing beta-carotenes using the same. Fusion polynucleotides and the recombinant vector using the same of the present invention have the effect of expression both phytoene synthase gene and carotene desaturase gene stably within cell transformants. Accordingly, fusion polynucleotides of the present invention can be used to regulate the biosynthetic metabolism of plant producing beta-carotene. Furthermore, it can be applied to effectively increase the content of beta-carotene, a useful metabolite.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a method for enhancing yield-related traits in plants by modulating expression of a particular type of NAC transcription factor in plants. The particular type of NAC transcription factor is one having an amino acid sequence, which when used in the construction of a NAC phylogenetic tree, tends to cluster with the group of NACs comprising the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 51, SEQ ID NO: 53, SEQ ID NO: 55, SEQ ID NO: 57 or SEQ ID NO: 59 rather than with any other NAC group. The present invention also concerns plants having modulated expression of a nucleic acid encoding such a NAC transcription factor, which plants have enhanced yield-related relative to control plants. The present invention further concerns a method for enhancing yield-related traits in plants by modulating expression in a plant of a nucleic acid encoding an AP2-2 polypeptide.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for increasing resistance of monocot plants against abiotic stress which comprises a step of transforming monocot plants with a recombinant plasmid containing a fused gene (TPSP) of trehalose-6-phosphate synthetase (TPS) gene and trehalose-6-phosphate phosphatase (TPP) gene to express the TPSP gene while maintaining normal growth and development characteristics. The present invention can increase the resistance of monocot plants against various stresses so that it can greatly contribute to the improvement of production and quality of valuable agricultural crops. The present invention also relates to a transgenic monocot plant, plant cell, or protoplast transformed with a nucleic acid encoding an enzyme for trehalose biosynthesis, under control of an inducible promoter, that increases tolerance to low temperature, salt, and water stress.

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.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for increasing resistance of monocot plants against abiotic stress which comprises a step of transforming monocot plants with a recombinant plasmid containing a fused gene (TPSP) of trehalose-6-phosphate synthetase (TPS) gene and trehalose-6-phosphate phosphatase (TPP) gene to express the TPSP gene while maintaining normal growth and development characteristics. The present invention can increase the resistance of monocot plants against various stresses so that it can greatly contribute to the improvement of production and quality of valuable agricultural crops.

Abstract: The present invention relates to proteins, OsHDAC1, OsHDAC2 and OsHDAC3, which function as histone deacetylase, a gene coding for said proteins, and a method for producing a plant having a high growth rate by expressing said gene in the plant. According to the present invention, the OsHDACs proteins change the structure of chromatin to increase or decrease the expression of a foreign gene in the genomes, so that the expression amount of the OsHDACs proteins can be controlled to produce a plant having varied phenotypic characteristics. Particularly, the OsHDAC1 protein is expressed locally in the plant and increases the growth rate of plant by its overexpression and its expression is increased by ABA. Therefore, this protein can be very efficiently used for producing plants having a high growth rate even under stress conditions including drought, cold, etc., as well as under normal conditions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for varying a trait of monocot plants, wherein the process comprises the step of transforming a monocot plant with a recombinant plasmid containing an OsCc1 promoter and a desired nucleic acid.

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.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for varying a trait of monocot plants, which comprises steps of transforming a monocot plant with a recombinant plasmid containing OsCc1 promoter for transformation of monocot plants and a desired foreign gene and of expressing said foreign gene. According to the present invention, a rice plant was transformed with a recombinant plasmid containing a promoter for rice cytochrome c gene (OsCc1) and sgfp gene encoding a transformed green fluorescent protein, and the expressed fluorescent protein was then analyzed; as a result, it was identified that OsCc1 promoter can strongly, stably and ubiquitously induce the expression of a foreign gene in all the tissues of the rice plant.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a transgenic monocot plant, plant cell, or protoplast transformed with a nucleic acid encoding an enzyme for trehalose biosynthesis, under control of an inducible promoter, that increases tolerance to low temperature, salt, and water stress.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for increasing resistance of monocot plants against abiotic stress which comprises a step of transforming monocot plants with a recombinant plasmid containing a fused gene (TPSP) of trehalose-6-phosphate synthetase (TPS) gene and trehalose-6-phosphate phosphatase (TPP) gene to express the TPSP gene while maintaining normal growth and development characteristics. The present invention can increase the resistance of monocot plants against various stresses so that it can greatly contribute to the improvement of production and quality of valuable agricultural crops.

Abstract: The present invention relates to proteins, OsHDAC1, OsHDAC2 and OsHDAC3, which function as histone deacetylase, a gene coding for said proteins, and a method for producing a plant having a high growth rate by expressing said gene in the plant. According to the present invention, the OsHDACs proteins change the structure of chromatin to increase or decrease the expression of a foreign gene in the genomes, so that the expression amount of the OsHDACs proteins can be controlled to produce a plant having varied phenotypic characteristics. Particularly, the OsHDAC1 protein is expressed locally in the plant and increases the growth rate of plant by its overexpression and its expression is increased by ABA. Therefore, this protein can be very efficiently used for producing plants having a high growth rate even under stress conditions including drought, cold, etc., as well as under normal conditions.