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Molecular analysis of the high stearic acid content in sunflower mutant CAS-14.
TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik - 1 Mar 2006
Pérez-Vich B, Leon A J, Grondona M, Velasco L, Fernández-Martínez J M
Abstract excerpt
Increasing the stearic acid content to improve sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) oil quality is a desirable breeding objective for food-processing applications. CAS-14 is a sunflower mutant line with a high stearic acid content in its seed oil (>35% vs. <6% in currently grown sunflower hybrids), which is controlled by the Es3 gene. However, the expression of the high stearic acid character in CAS-14 is strongly...
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