date:Nov 26, 2012
p. Over 700,000 hectares were grown this year, producing close to 900 million worth of seed.
In the experiment, performed on oilseed rape and published in The Plant Biotechnology Journal, the team use RNAi suppression as a tool to switch off the enzyme responsible for oil breakdown, specifically for the duration of seed development. This results in the accumulation of around eight per cent more oil in the seed.
The work, sponsored by the UK Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Counci