Fuente: WIPO "tomato" A genetically modified plant comprising at least one modification from the natively occurring plant, wherein the at least one modification results in overexpression of at least one chloroplastic translation elongation factor-G (EF-G) protein or active fragment thereof. Methods of producing and using the genetically modified plants are also disclosed herein. The genetically modified plants exhibit increased plant biomass, increased yield, and/or increased photosynthetic capacity over a native, non-genetically modified plant.