Breeding of rape varieties with the highest oil content in the world

Introduction: Chinese scientists recently announced that they have successfully improved the oil content of rape by using new technology of genetic engineering, and cultivated the rape variety with the highest oil content in the world After years of research, a research group led by researcher Chen Jinqing from the Institute of atomic energy, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences has pioneered a control technology of rape oil content This technology uses antisense PEP technology to effectively regulate the distribution of photosynthetic products and improve the oil content of seeds In addition, through this technology with independent intellectual property rights, the research team also obtained two new rape lines "Chaoyou 1" and "Chaoyou 2" The oil content of the two lines is more than 25% higher than that of the acceptor varieties, and the oil content of "Super Oil 2" is 52.82%, which is the highest oil content of Brassica napus in the world Rape is the second largest oil crop in the world, and rapeseed oil is the third largest edible oil in the international market after soybean oil and palm oil China is one of the largest rape producing countries in the world, with the largest planting area and total yield in the world However, the oil content of international rapeseed is about 42%, and the average oil content of Chinese rapeseed is only 35% Improving oil content is one of the most difficult technical difficulties in rapeseed breeding research, and it is also a hot spot in plant genetic engineering research in the world The original new technology has greatly improved the oil content of rape, and can be widely used in high oil breeding of rape The two high oil varieties, as high quality edible and special industrial high oil varieties, can produce huge economic benefits Experts including Shen Yungang, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, agreed that the research has reached the leading level of similar research at home and abroad The core technology of this research has passed the national invention patent in the preliminary examination, and has obtained the patents of the United States, Canada, Germany, Australia and other countries.