Patent ID: 9057075
Filing Date: 2015-06-16
Classification: A23D,A23K,A23L,C07H,C12N,C12P,C12Y,D01B,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A cotton plant of the species Gossypium hirsutum which produces cottonseed which comprises oil, wherein in the oil of the cottonseed 72% to 88% by weight of the total fatty acid content is oleic acid, 4% to 16% by weight of the total fatty acid content is palmitic acid and 4% to 15% by weight of the total fatty acid content is linoleic acid, and wherein the cottonseed has a reduced level of each of cotton FAD2-1 protein, cotton FatB-2 protein and cotton CPA-FAS-2protein relative to the levels of cotton FAD2-1 protein, cotton FatB-2 protein and cotton CPA-FAS-2 protein, respectively, in cottonseed of cotton variety Coker when grown under the same conditions.