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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 04, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Enrique Martinez Force, Sevilla, ES;
Juan Munoz-Ruz, Cordoba, ES;
Jose M. Fernandez Martinez, Cordoba, ES;
Rafael Garces, Sevilla, ES;
Assignee:
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas ( CSIC), Sevilla, ES;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 5/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 5/700 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to transgenic and non-transgenic plants that produce oil having high levels of saturated fatty acids and medium to high levels of olecic acid. More specifially, the invention relates to a sunflower plant, seed, and the extractable oil having increased stearic acid content and increased oleic acid content relative to the normal sunflower oil level of stearic acid and oleic acid.