Genome Engineering for Crop Improvement

11The Survey of Genetic Engineering Approaches for Oil/Fatty Acid Content Improvement in Oilseed Crops

Kaushal Kumar Bhati¹, Riyazuddin Riyazuddin², Ashish Kumar Pathak³, and Anuradha Singh⁴

¹ Louvain Institute of Biomolecular Science, Catholic University of Louvain, Louvain‐la‐Neuve, Belgium

² Department of Plant Biology and Doctoral School in Biology, Faculty of Science and Informatics, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary

³ Department of Botany, Charles University, Praha 2, Czech Republic

⁴ French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands (FAAB), Ben‐Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boqer Campus, Sede Boqer, Israel

CHAPTER MENU

• 11.1 Background
  • 11.1.1 Oil Biosynthesis Pathway
• 11.2 Soybean: Triumph Oil Crop
  • 11.2.1 Need for Genetic Modification
  • 11.2.2 Elevated Stearic Acid Soybean Oil
  • 11.2.3 High Oleic and Mid‐Oleic Acid Soybean Oil
  • 11.2.4 Low and Ultra‐Low Linolenic Acid Soybean Oil
• 11.3 Camelina sativa: Biofuel and Future Ready Crop
  • 11.3.1 Genetic Engineering Approaches for Oil Content Improvement in Camelina
    • 11.3.1.1 Overexpression of Heterologous Genes
    • 11.3.1.2 Gene Knockout/Silencing Approaches
    • 11.3.1.3 CRISPR‐Cas9 Approaches for Camelina Improvement
• 11.4 Conclusion

11.1 Background

Oils are the most energy‐dense plant reserves, providing both calories and essential fatty acids to consumers. In most oil‐seed crops, oil production and accumulation take place during seed maturation (maturation is a phase of seed development) ...