# US 5,710,369 A · A16 soybeans having low linolenic acid content and descendents

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- Number: US 5,710,369 A
- Document ID: US5710369A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 08/656,017
- Filed: 1996-05-24
- Granted: 1998-01-20
- Earliest claimed: 1988-02-03
- Assignees: Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
- Inventors: Walter R. Fehr; Earl G. Hammond
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5710369A

## CPC

- A01H 1/104: {involving modified lipid metabolism, e.g. seed oil composition}
- A01H 5/10: Seeds
- A01H 6/542: {Glycine max [soybean]}
- A01H: NEW PLANTS OR {NON-TRANSGENIC} PROCESSES FOR OBTAINING THEM; PLANT REPRODUCTION BY TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES

## Abstract

A novel soybean seed and plant designated A16 having ATCC Accession No. and its descendents are provided. Such soybean exhibits an unusually low linolenic acid (C18:3) content of less than 2.5% by weight based upon the total fatty acid content in the endogenously formed vegetable oil.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A soybean seed designated A16 having ATCC Accession No. 40538 and its descendents which are capable of yielding an endogenously formed vegetable oil exhibiting a linolenic acid content of less than 2.5% by weight based upon the total fatty acid content.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

Soybean seeds according to claim 1 that are provided as an assemblage of such seeds.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

Soybean plant produced by the seed of claim 1.