Patent 7498455 was granted and assigned to Monsanto on March, 2009 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
By this invention, methods to produce oleic fatty acids in plant seed oils are provided. The methods of the present invention generally involve the suppression of a host plant cells endogenous β-ketoacyl-ACP synthase I protein. Also described in the instant invention are the plants, cells and oils obtained therefrom.