US 11,702,670 B2
Compositions and methods for improving crop yields through trait stacking
Charles R. Dietrich, Chesterfield, MO (US); Natalia Ivleva, Webster Groves, MO (US); and Thomas L. Slewinski, Chesterfield, MO (US)
Assigned to Monsanto Technology LLC, St. Louis, MO (US)
Appl. No. 16/967,704
Filed by Monsanto Technology LLC, St. Louis, MO (US)
PCT Filed Feb. 15, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/018134
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 5, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/161150, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 22, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/631,335, filed on Feb. 15, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0032653 A1, Feb. 4, 2021
Int. Cl. C12N 15/82 (2006.01)
CPC C12N 15/8297 (2013.01) [C12N 15/8218 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
 
1. A modified corn plant or a plant part thereof comprising 1) a first recombinant expression cassette comprising a transcribable DNA sequence encoding a non-coding RNA for suppression of one or more gibberellic acid 20 (GA20) oxidase genes, and 2) a second recombinant expression cassette comprising a DNA sequence encoding a glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH) polypeptide,
wherein the modified corn plant is semi-dwarf and has one or more improved ear traits relative to a control corn plant that does not have the first or second recombinant expression cassettes.