title: A high-oleic-acid and low-palmitic-acid soybean: agronomic performance and evaluation as a feedstock for biodiesel.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Agronomy & Horticulture, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68583, USA.
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Graef
authors.forename: Bradley J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: LaVallee
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tenopir
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tat
authors.forename: Bruce
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Schweiger
authors.forename: Anthony J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Kinney
authors.forename: Jon H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Van Gerpen
authors.forename: Tom E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Clemente
mesh_terms: D004736:Energy-Generating Resources; D040582:Inheritance Patterns; D019301:Oleic Acid / Q000737:chemistry*; D019308:Palmitic Acid / Q000737:chemistry*; D010938:Plant Oils / Q000737:chemistry*; D030821:Plants, Genetically Modified / Q000737:chemistry; D019655:Quantitative Trait, Heritable; D012639:Seeds / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D013025:Glycine max / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D010938:Plant Oils; D019301:Oleic Acid; D019308:Palmitic Acid