Plants with altered growth and / or evolution and process for their production

摘要

The present invention relates generally to the field of molecular biology and is concerned with a method for changing various aspects of plant growth and / or plant development by modulating the expression of a nucleic acid which is a UBiquitin-specific protease (UBP) from the UBP15 subfamily or a homolog encoded in a plant. The present invention also relates to plants with modulated expression of a nucleic acid which encodes a UBP15 polypeptide or a homologue thereof, the plants having an altered growth and / or an altered development in comparison with corresponding wild-type plants or other control plants. The invention also provides constructs which are suitable for the methods according to the invention.