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Vegetable oils and uses therefor

  • US 8,921,652 B2
  • Filed: 01/21/2011
  • Issued: 12/30/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/21/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A process for producing seed oil, comprising the steps of:

  • (i) obtaining cotton seed, wherein the cotton seed has a reduced level relative to wild-type seed of a protein having amino acids in a sequence that is at least 95% identical to either the amino acid sequence set forth as SEQ ID NO;

    2 or SEQ ID NO;

    4, wherein said reduction is achieved by directly targeting a gene encoding said protein or a RNA product of said gene, and wherein the cotton seed is capable of producing a male-fertile cotton plant, wherein in the oil of the seed 28% to about 80% by weight of the total fatty acid content is C16 fatty acid, about 3% to about 33% is stearic acid, about 1% to about 40% is oleic acid, about 4% to about 50% is linoleic acid, and 0% to about 10% is linolenic acid;

    (ii) extracting the oil from the seed; and

    (iii) recovering the seed oil.

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