| abstract |
Compositions and methods for improving plant growth are provided herein. Polynucleotides encoding modified AGPase large subunit proteins, polypeptides encompassing modified AGPase large subunit proteins, methods of producing modified polynucleotides encoding modified AGPase large subunit proteins, and expression constructs for expressing genes of interest whose expression may improve agronomic properties including but not limited to crop yield, biotic and abiotic stress tolerance, and early vigor, plants comprising the polynucleotides, polypeptides, and expression constructs, and methods of producing plants comprising the modified AGPase large subunit genes of the invention or encoding the AGPase large subunit proteins of the invention are also provided. Compositions and methods for the ready detection of precise base changes are also provided herein. Compositions include primer pads as part of a repair donor template, and methods for the detection of precise base changes include PCR detection using one or more primers designed to anneal with a primer pad sequence. |