TRANSGENIC RICE PLANTS OVEREXPRESSING ACYL-COA-BINDING PROTEIN2 SHOW ENHANCED GRAIN SIZE

摘要

A transgenic plant, seed or progeny genetically engineered to overexpress one or more exogenous Oryza sativa acyl-CoA-binding protein 2 (OsACBP2) in an amount effective to enhance grain size and/or weight relative to a vector-transformed control plant. Also provided are methods of enhancing grain size and/or weight by genetically engineering a plant to overexpress one or more exogenous OsACBP2 in an amount effective to enhance grain size and/or weight relative to a vector-transformed control plant. In certain embodiments the plant belongs to the Poaceae family.