A high-oleic-acid and low-palmitic-acid soybean: agronomic performance and evaluation as a feedstock for biodiesel

Authors

George L. Graef, University of Nebraska - LincolnFollow
Bradley J. LaVallee, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Patrick Tenopir, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Mustafa Tat, Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Meselik
Bruce Schweiger, DuPont Experimental Station, Wilmington
Anthony J. Kinney, DuPont Experimental Station, Wilmington
Jon H. Van Gerpen, University of Idaho, Moscow
Thomas E. Clemente, University of Nebraska - LincolnFollow

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

12-12-2008

Citation

2009 The Authors Journal compilation

2009 Blackwell Publishing Ltd

doi: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2009.00408.x

Comments

Plant Biotechnology Journal (2009) 7 , pp. 411–421

Abstract

Phenotypic characterization of soybean event 335-13, which possesses oil with an increased oleic acid content (> 85%) and reduced palmitic acid content (< 5%), was conducted across multiple environments during 2004 and 2005. Under these conditions, the stability of the novel fatty acid profile of the oil was not influenced by environment. Importantly, the novel soybean event 335-13 was not compromised in yield in both irrigated and non-irrigated production schemes. Moreover, seed characteristics, including total oil and protein, as well as amino acid profile, were not altered as a result of the large shift in the fatty acid profile. The novel oil trait was inherited in a simple Mendelian fashion. The event 335-13 was also evaluated as a feedstock for biodiesel. Extruded oil from event 335-13 produced a biodiesel with improved cold flow and enhanced oxidative stability, two critical fuel parameters that can limit the utility of this renewable transportation fuel.