3 結果
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a national stage application filed under 35 U.S.C. 371 of International Application No. PCT/IB2007/004195, filed Oct. 9, 2007, which claims priority to European Application No. 06291570.7, filed Oct. 9, 2006.
FIELD AND BACKGROUND OF THE
FIELD AND BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to methods for controlling yield of plants, in particular cereal crops, preferably maize crops, through the modulation of glutamine synthetase (GS) activity.
The cereals including maize, wheat and rice account for 70% of worldwide
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to transgenic plants. More specifically, it relates to methods and compositions for transgene expression using a promoter naturally associated with a Zea mays nuclear gene encoding a cytoplasmic glutamine