Field testing of transgenic rapeseed cv. Hero transformed with a yeast sn-2 acyltransferase results in increased oil content, erucic acid content and seed yield

Molecular Breeding

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 317-322

  Taylor, David C ^a   Katavic, Vesna ^b   Zou, Jitao ^a   Mackenzie, Samuel L ^a   Keller, Wilfred A ^a   An, Jing ^b   Friesen, Winnie ^b   Barton, Dennis L ^a   Pedersen, Kalie K ^a   Michael Giblin, E ^a   Ge, Yan ^a   Dauk, Melanie ^a   Sonntag, Cory ^b   Luciw, Tammy ^b   Males, Daryl ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b Saskatchewan Wheat Pool   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brassica napus; Erucic acid; Oil content; Rapeseed; Seed weight; Yeast acyltransferase

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; OILS AND FATS; OILSEEDS;

ACID CONTENT; ACYLTRANSFERASES; BRASSICA NAPUS; ERUCIC ACID; FIELD TESTING; OIL CONTENTS; RAPESED; SEED WEIGHT; TRANSGENICS; YEAST ACYLTRANSFERASE;

YEAST;

BRASSICA; BRASSICA NAPUS; EMBRYOPHYTA; SINAPIS ARVENSIS;

EID: 0035566331     PISSN: 13803743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015234401080     Document Type: Article

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