Canola cultivar NQC02CNX21

A method of introducing a desired trait into canola cultivar NQC02CNX21 wherein the method comprises:

• (a) crossing a NQC02CNX21 plant, wherein a representative sample of seed was deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-6644, with a plant of another canola cultivar that comprises a desired trait to produce progeny plants, wherein the desired trait is selected from the group consisting of male sterility, herbicide resistance, insect resistance, and resistance to bacterial disease, fungal disease or viral disease;
• (b) selecting one or more progeny plants that have the desired trait to produce selected progeny plants;
• (c) crossing the selected progeny plants with the NQC02CNX21 plants to produce backcross progeny plants;
• (d) selecting for backcross progeny plants that have the desired trait and physiological and morphological characteristics of canola cultivar NQC02CNX21 to produce selected backcross progeny plants;
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• (e) repeating steps (c) and (d) three or more times in succession to produce selected fourth or higher backcross progeny plants that comprise the desired trait and all of the physiological and morphological characteristics of canola cultivar NQC02CNX21 as listed in Table 1.

A method of modifying fatty acid metabolism or modifying carbohydrate metabolism of canola cultivar NQC02CNX21 wherein the method comprises:

• (a) crossing a NQC02CNX21 plant, wherein a representative sample of seed was deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-6644, with a plant of another canola cultivar to produce progeny plants that comprise a nucleic acid molecule encoding an enzyme selected from the group consisting of phytase, fructosyltransferase, levansucrase, α-amylase, invertase and starch branching enzyme or encoding an antisense of stearyl-ACP desaturase;
• (b) selecting one or more progeny plants that have said nucleic acid molecule to produce selected progeny plants;
• (c) crossing the selected progeny plants with the NQC02CNX21 plants to produce backcross progeny plants;
• (d) selecting for backcross progeny plants that have said nucleic acid molecule and the physiological and morphological characteristics of canola cultivar NQC02CNX21 to produce selected backcross progeny plants;
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• (e) repeating steps (c) and (d) three or more times in succession to produce selected fourth or higher backcross progeny plants that comprise said nucleic acid molecule and have all of the physiological and morphological characteristics of canola cultivar NQC02CNX21 as listed in Table 1.