Polynucleotides incorporated into expression vectors have been introduced
into plants and were ectopically expressed. The encoded polypeptides of
the invention have been shown to confer at least one regulatory activity
and confer greater size, greater organ size, greater biomass, greater
yield, curlier leaves, darker coloration, greater tolerance to water
deprivation, delayed flowering, delayed development, delayed senescence,
greater tolerance to cold, and/or greater tolerance to hyperosmotic
stress as compared to a control plant.