Development of a Brassica napus (Canola) Crop Containing Fish Oil-Like Levels of DHA in the Seed Oil

Development of a Brassica napus (Canola) Crop Containing Fish Oil-Like Levels of DHA in the Seed Oil

Plant seeds have long been promoted as a production platform for novel fatty acids such as the ω3 long-chain (≥ C20) polyunsaturated fatty acids eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) commonly found in fish oil. In this article we describe the creation of a canola (Brassica napus...

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Main Authors: James R. Petrie, Xue-Rong Zhou, Antonio Leonforte, Jason McAllister, Pushkar Shrestha, Yoko Kennedy, Srinivas Belide, Greg Buzza, Nelson Gororo, Wenxiang Gao, Geraldine Lester, Maged P. Mansour, Roger J. Mulder, Qing Liu, Lijun Tian, Claudio Silva, Noel O. I. Cogan, Peter D. Nichols, Allan G. Green, Robert de Feyter, Malcolm D. Devine, Surinder P. Singh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
Subjects:
ω3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid
DHA
canola
elite event
field trial
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2020.00727/full

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