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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2019
Regents of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (US);
The Board of Trustees of Illinois State University, Normal, IL (US);
Michael David Marks, Roseville, MN (US);
Ratan Chopra, St. Paul, MN (US);
Nicole Folstad, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Donald L. Wyse, Wyoming, MN (US);
John C. Sedbrook, Bloomington, IL (US);
Regents of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (US);
The Board of Trustees of Illinois State University, Normal, IL (US);
Abstract
This document relates to methods and materials for generating oilseed (e.g., pennycress) plants that have oil with reduced levels of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) and/or increased levels of oleic acid. For example, oilseed plants having reduced expression levels of one or more polypeptides involved in fatty acid biosynthesis (e.g., fatty acid desaturase 2 (FAD2) and reduced oleate desaturation 1 (ROD1)), as well as methods and materials for making and using such oilseed plants are provided.