Patent ID: 6914170

Claim:
A method for decreasing β-oxidation in a plant or plant part comprising introducing into said plant or plant part a nucleotide construct comprising a promoter operably linked to an acyl-CoA thioesterase nucleotide sequence, wherein said promoter drives expression in a plant cell, and said nucleotide sequence is selected from the group consisting of: (a) the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1; (b) a nucleotide sequence which encodes a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ NO: 2; (c) a nucleotide sequence comprising at least 95% identity to the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1, wherein said nucleotide sequence encodes a polypeptide having acyl-CoA thioesterase activity; and (d) the nucleotide sequence that is fully complementary to the nucleotide sequence of (a), (b), or (C); wherein the level of acyl-CoA thioesterase is increased and the level of oil or the level of at least one oil constituent is increased in said plant or at least one part of said plant, thereby decreasing β-oxidation in the plant, and wherein said part is selected from the group consisting of a fruit, a seed, and an embryo.