Index: panels_node.module
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--- panels_node.module	(revision 5109)
+++ panels_node.module	(working copy)
@@ -165,15 +165,18 @@
   );
 
   if (!empty($type->body_label)) {
-    $form['body'] = array(
+    $form['body_field']['#prefix'] = '<div class="body-field-wrapper">';
+    $form['body_field']['#suffix'] = '</div>';
+
+    $form['body_field']['body'] = array(
       '#type' => 'textarea',
       '#title' => check_plain($type->body_label),
-      '#rows' => 10,
-      '#required' => TRUE,
-      '#description' => t('The teaser is a piece of text to describe when the panel is listed (such as when promoted to front page); the actual content will only be displayed on the full node view.'),
       '#default_value' => $node->body,
+      '#rows' => 20,
+      '#required' => ($type->min_word_count > 0),
     );
-    $form['format'] = filter_form($node->format); // Now we can set the format!
+
+    $form['body_field']['format'] = filter_form($node->format);
   }
 
 //  drupal_set_message('<pre>' . check_plain(var_export($node, true)) . '</pre>');