Field trial evaluation of the accumulation of omega-3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in transgenic Camelina sativa: Making fish oil substitutes in plants

The global consumption of fish oils currently exceeds one million tonnes, with the natural de novo source of these important fatty acids forming the base of marine foodwebs. Here we describe the first field-based evaluation of a terrestrial source of these essential nutrients, synthesised in the see...

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Main Authors: Sarah Usher, Richard P. Haslam, Noemi Ruiz-Lopez, Olga Sayanova, Johnathan A. Napier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-12-01
Series:Metabolic Engineering Communications
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221403011500005X