Sunflower products having lower levels of saturated fatty acids
AssigneePioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
InventorsThomas C. Heaton, Glenn S. Cole, Barry A. Martin
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Abstract
Sunflower seed, plants and oil are described which have a total level of saturated fatty acids equal to 6% or less relative to the total fatty acid content, a total level of stearic acid less than 1% of the total fatty acid content, and a total level of palmitic acid less than 3% of the total fatty acid content.
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A sunflower plant that is the product of crossing a male parental line and a female parental line, and that has a trait inherited cytoplasmically from sunflower line 8904W03F or a plant derived from sunflower line 8904W03F such that said sunflower plant, when subjected to forced self-pollination, yields bulked seed from individual heads thereof that provides oil comprising stearic acid in an amount lower than the stearic acid content characterizing a sunflower line that has the nuclear genotype of said female parental line but that lacks said trait.
A sunflower plant that is cytoplasmically male-sterile and that has a trait inherited cytoplasmically from sunflower line 8904W03F or a plant derived from sunflower line 8904W03F such that said sunflower plant, when pollinated with pollen of a maintainer line, yields bulked seed from individual heads thereof that provides oil comprising stearic acid in an amount lower than the stearic acid content characterizing said maintainer line.
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