Objetivo Sunflower is one of the four major sources of edible oil worldwide and in the EU. Its oil quality is relatively flexible and has been adapted to many specific uses, but extended use of sunflower oil for industrial applications requires oil qualities difficult or impossible to obtain by classical breeding approaches. Existing expertise from six participants including public research institutes and commercial plant breeders, will be combined to produce transgenic sunflower plants producing oil with novel qualities, suitable for non-food industrial applications. We propose to create genotypes producing (1) very low amounts of stearic acid and (2) medium chain fatty acids and to submit the generated genotypes to field trials. The introduction of sequences coding for 9-stearoyl (ACP) desaturase cloned from Cuphea spp, under the control of seed-specific promoters from sunflower, are expected to generate sunflowers producing the desired oil qualities. Since necessary materials and techniques are already available in a usable form today, we expect that transgenetic sunflowers can indeed be produced within the time allocated to the project. The generated material can then be introduced into established, conventional breeding programmes in order to develop commercially competitive lines. The project can thus be classified as pre-competitive applied research. In addition to the production of a new product, this project will result in an efficient, well-tested transformation protocol which can be used cost-effectively for the production of further commercially useful sunflower lines, thus reinforcing the competitivity of the EU in the world market for agriculturally produced non-food oils. Ámbito científico natural sciencesbiological sciencesbiochemistrybiomoleculeslipidsagricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculturegrains and oilseedsoilseeds Programa(s) FP3-AIR - Specific research and technological development and demonstration programme (EEC) in the field of agriculture and agro-industry, including fisheries, 1990-1994 Tema(s) 111 - Conversion, diversification and extensification Convocatoria de propuestas Data not available Régimen de financiación CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinador INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE MOLECULAIRE DES PLANTES Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección 12 RUE DE GENERAL ZIMMER 67084 STRASBOURG Francia Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos Participantes (5) Ordenar alfabéticamente Ordenar por aportación de la UE Ampliar todo Contraer todo CSIC España Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección SERRANO 28006 SEVILLA Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen Alemania Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Ludwigstraße 23 35390 Giessen Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos MAX-PLANCK-INSTITUT FÜR ZUECHTUNGSFORSCHUNG Alemania Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección CARL-VON-LINNE-WEG 50829 KÖLN Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos RUSTICA PROGRAIN GENETIQUE Francia Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección DOMAINE DE SANDREAU 31700 MONDONVILLE Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos SOCIETE DES MAIS EUROPEENS Francia Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección RUE DU BOIS MUSQUETE 28300 CHAMPHOL Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos