| abstract |
The invention relates to sunflower seed,ncomprising a sunflower oil having an increased stearicnacid content of more than 10%, obtainable by treatingnparent seeds with a mutagenic agent during a period ofntime and in a concentration sufficient to induce one ornmore mutations in the genetic trait involved in stearicnacid biosynthesis resulting in an increased production ofnstearic acid, germinating the treated seeds and culturingnprogeny plants therefrom, collecting and analyzingnprogeny seeds, selecting seeds that have acquired thendesirable genetic trait and repeating the cycle ofngermination, culturing and collection of seeds.nFurthermore, the invention relates to a sunflower plantnproduced from said seeds. |