Patent ID: 11957098
Assignee: BASF PLANT SCIENCE COMPANY GMBH
Field: Food chemistry (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC A  C | IPC A  C

Claim 0:
1. A method of increasing the proportion of long-chain omega-3 fatty acids in seed oil produced by a plurality of transgenic Brassica napus oilseed plants, comprising growing said transgenic Brassica napus oilseed plants at a daytime temperature of about 25° C., and a nighttime temperature of about 12° C., wherein said growing is for a period of seed maturation for said transgenic Brassica napus oilseed plants, wherein said period of seed maturation comprises BBCH-scale growth stage 6, BBCH-scale growth stage 7 and BBCH-scale growth stage 8 of Brassica napus oilseed plant growth stages, wherein said transgenic Brassica napus oilseed plants have been transgenically modified to produce said seed oil comprising at least one of EPA, DHA, and DPA, and wherein the proportion of long-chain omega-3 fatty acids in said seed oil produced by said transgenic Brassica napus oilseed plants is increased corresponding to controls of Brassica napus oilseed plants.