Processes for producing hydrocarbon products

A process for producing an industrial product, the process comprising the steps of:

• i) obtaining a vegetative plant part from a transformed plant having a total non-polar lipid content of at least 10% (w/w dry weight),
• ii) either
• a) converting at least some of the lipid in the vegetative plant part of step i) to the industrial product by applying heat, chemical, or enzymatic means, or any combination thereof, to the lipid in situ in the vegetative plant part, or
• b) physically processing the vegetative plant part of step i), and subsequently or simultaneously converting at least some of the lipid in the processed vegetative plant part to the industrial product by applying heat, chemical, or enzymatic means, or any combination thereof, to the lipid in the processed vegetative plant part, and
• iii) recovering the industrial product, thereby producing the industrial product.