Seeking Approaches to Alter Fatty Acid and Oil Content and Composition in Annual Crops for Downstream Industrial Applications

A world leading crop science company is seeking research related to methods of increasing fatty acid or oil production in annual crops (i.e. oil or fat percentage of harvestable unit), or altering the composition of oil types in these plants. Specifically, our client is interested in techniques that can be applied to terrestrial oil crops such as soybean and canola, however research in similar crops is also considered.

Techniques should increase fatty acid or oil content, or change composition to favour particular molecules, or introduce novel molecules ...