Fertilizer management
AssigneeBASF Plant Science GmbH
InventorKristin Gray
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Abstract
Provided herein are various aspects related to increasing the proportion of omega-3 fatty acid in seed oil produced by a plurality of Brassica plants, which have been modified to produce seed oil comprising at least one of EPA, DHA and DPA. It relates to a method to increase the proportion of long-chain omega-3 fatty acid in seed oil produced by a plurality of Brassica oilseed plants comprising growing the Brassica oilseed plants in the presence of an increased amount of nitrogen as compared to a standard amount of nitrogen, wherein the Brassica oilseed plants have been modified to produce seed oil with at least one of EPA, DHA and DPA.
Claims22
A method to increase a proportion of long-chain omega-3 fatty acid in seed oil produced by a plurality of Brassica oilseed plants comprising growing the Brassica oilseed plants in the presence of an increased amount of nitrogen as compared to a standard amount of nitrogen, wherein the Brassica oilseed plants have been modified to produce seed oil with at least one of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), and docosapentaenoic acid (DPA),
- wherein the standard amount of nitrogen is 100 lbs/acre to 200 lbs/acre, and
- wherein the Brassica oilseed plants comprise exogenous polynucleotides encoding a Δ12-desaturase, a 46-desaturase, a Δ6-elongase, a 45-desaturase, a Δ5-elongase, a Δ4-desaturase, and a ω3-desaturase.
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