The present invention concerns a method for increasing plant yield by
modulating expression in a plant of a nucleic acid encoding a Ste20-like
polypeptide or a homologue thereof. One such method comprises introducing
into a plant a Ste20-like nucleic acid or variant thereof. The invention
also relates to transgenic plants having introduced therein a Ste20-like
nucleic acid or variant thereof, which plants have increased yield
relative to control plants. The present invention also concerns
constructs useful in the methods of the invention.