Method for increasing plant yield
View Patent ↗A method for increasing yield or vigor of a plant is provided, which includes the selective removal of the plant's shoot apical meristem at a period between vegetative growth stage 1 and vegetative growth stage 2, or between vegetative growth stage 2 and vegetative growth stage 3.
1. A method for increasing seed oil content, seed protein content, belowground biomass, nodulation, nitrogen input or secondary metabolite production of a plant comprising removing the plant's shoot apical meristem at a period between
(a) vegetative growth stage 1 and vegetative growth stage 2, or
(b) vegetative growth stage 2 and vegetative growth stage 3
thereby increasing the seed oil content, seed protein content, belowground biomass, nodulation, nitrogen input or secondary metabolite production of the plant.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the removing step comprises a cross-sectional cut below the shoot apical meristem.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the removing step comprises applying a chemical to the shoot apical meristem.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plant is a legume.
5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the plant is Glycine max.
6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the plant has been treated with a Bradyrhizobium bacterium.
7. A method for increasing seed oil content, seed protein content, belowground biomass, nodulation, nitrogen input or secondary metabolite production of a Glycine plant comprising removing the plant's shoot apical meristem at a period between
(a) vegetative growth stage 1 and vegetative growth stage 2, or
(b) vegetative growth stage 2 and vegetative growth stage 3
thereby increasing the seed oil content, seed protein content, belowground biomass, nodulation, nitrogen input or secondary metabolite production of the Glycine plant.
8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the removing step comprises a cross-sectional cut below the shoot apical meristem.
9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the removing step comprises applying a chemical to the shoot apical meristem.
10. The method of claim 7 , wherein the plant has been treated with a Bradyrhizobium bacterium.
11. A method for producing soybean seed with improved oil and protein content comprising removing a shoot apical meristem of a soybean plant at a period between
(a) vegetative growth stage 1 and vegetative growth stage 2, or
(b) vegetative growth stage 2 and vegetative growth stage 3
Thereby producing soybean seed with improved oil and protein content.
12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the removing step comprises a cross-sectional cut below the shoot apical meristem.
13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the removing step comprises applying a chemical to the shoot apical meristem.
14. The method of claim 11 , wherein the soybean plant has been treated with a Bradyrhizobium bacterium.