Patent ID: 8013217
Filing Date: 2011-09-06
Classification: A01H,A23D,A23K,A23L,A23V,C12N,C12Q,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A plant of an agronomically elite soybean variety having a commercially significant yield and a mid/low-linolenic acid content, comprising a Fad3-1b allele and a Fad3-1c allele each of which confer decreased linolenic acid content, and wherein the Fad3-1c allele comprises: (i) a single nucleotide polymorphism at a position in the Fad3-1c gene sequence corresponding to nucleotide 687, 1129, 1203, 2316, 3292, 3360 or 3743 of SEQ ID NO:2; or (ii) a single nucleotide polymorphism at a position in the Fad3-1c promoter corresponding to nucleotide 334, 364, 385, 387, 393, 729 or 747 of SEQ ID NO:3.