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Sunflower products and methods for their production
Assignee: A C HUMKO CORP
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Filing: 1984-11-16
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Granted: 1986-12-09
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Expires: 2004-11-16
Abstract
Abstract A sunflower seed is disclosed which has both a high oleic acid content and a low linoleic acid content. Also disclosed is a sunflower seed which has a white or gray seed coat and which contains approximately 80% or greater by weight of olkeic acid. Also described are novel sunflowers for producing the disclosed seed and an oil product derived from the seed.
Inventors
- 👤 Gerhardt N. Fick
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 19:20
CPC Classifications
A; A01; A01H; A01H1/00; A01H1/10; A01H1/101; A01H1/104; A01H5/00; A01H5/10; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S47/00; Y10S47/01
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 72
Claim 1
Independent Claim
49 words
A sunflower seed having an oleic acid content of approximately 80% or greater, relative to the total fatty acid content of said seed, and a ratio of the amount of linoleic acid in said seed to the amount of oleic acid in said seed of less than about 0.09.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
49 words
A sunflower seed having an oleic acid content of approximately 80% or greater, relative to the total fatty acid content of said seed, and a ratio of the amount of linoleic acid in said seed to the amount of oleic acid in said seed of less than about 0.09.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
16 words
A sunflower seed according to claim 1, wherein said ratio is between about 0.01 and 0.09.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
15 words
A sunflower seed according to claim 2, wherein said oleic acid content is about 87-88%.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
15 words
A sunflower seed according to claim 2, wherein said oleic acid content is about 92%.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
15 words
A sunflower seed according to claim 2, wherein said oleic acid content is about 94%.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
19 words
A sunflower seed according to claim 1, wherein said oleic acid content is between about 80% and about 94%.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
28 words
A sunflower seed according to claim 6, said seed being the product of a sunflower plant having the characteristics of a line designated SIGCO 41A or SIGCO 41B.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
24 words
A sunflower seed according to claim 7, said seed being the product of a sunflower having the characteristics of a line designated SIGCO 853R.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
15 words
A sunflower seed according to claim 1, wherein said seed comprises a white seed coat.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
15 words
A sunflower seed according to claim 1, wherein said seed comprises a gray seed coat.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
29 words
A sunflower seed comprising a white seed coat and having an oleic acid content of approximately 80% or greater, relative to the total fatty acid content of said seed.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
29 words
A sunflower seed comprising a white seed coat and having an oleic acid content of approximately 80% or greater, relative to the total fatty acid content of said seed.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
43 words
A sunflower seed according to claim 11, produced by a process comprising the step of crossing (A) a first parent which comprises Pervenets germplasm encoding said oleic acid content with (B) a second parent which comprises a genetic determinant for white seed color.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
18 words
A sunflower seed according to claim 12, wherein said first parent is true-breeding for said oleic acid content.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
19 words
A sunflower seed according to claim 13, wherein said first parent is from a sunflower line designated SIGCO 41B.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
42 words
A sunflower seed according to claim 14, said seed being the product of a sunflower plant having the characteristics of a line selected from the group consisting of a sunflower line designated SIGCO 4117B and a sunflower line based on SIGCO 4117B.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
21 words
A sunflower seed according to claim 14, wherein substantially all pollen of one of said first and second parents is nonfunctional.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
36 words
A sunflower seed according to claim 16, wherein one of said first and second parents comprises a genetic determinant encoding cytoplasmic male sterility and the other of said parents comprises a genetic determinant encoding fertility restoration.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
42 words
A sunflower seed according to claim 13, said seed being the product of a sunflower plant having the characteristics of a line selected from the group consisting of a sunflower line designated SIGCO 416R and a sunflower line based on SIGCO 416R.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
29 words
A sunflower seed comprising a gray seed coat and having an oleic acid content of approximately 80% or greater, relative to the total fatty acid content of said seed.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
29 words
A sunflower seed comprising a gray seed coat and having an oleic acid content of approximately 80% or greater, relative to the total fatty acid content of said seed.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
48 words
A sunflower seed according to claim 19, produced by a process comprising the step of crossing a first parent which produces white seed with a second parent which produces black seed, at least one of said first and second parents comprising Pervenets germplasm encoding said oleic acid content.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
22 words
A sunflower seed according to claim 20, wherein both of said first and second parents are true-breeding for said oleic acid content.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
21 words
A sunflower seed according to claim 21, wherein substantially all pollen of one of said first and second parents is nonfunctional.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
36 words
A sunflower seed according to claim 22, wherein one of said first and second parents comprises a genetic determinant encoding cytoplasmic male sterility and the other of said parents comprises a genetic determinant encoding fertility restoration.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
29 words
A sunflower seed according to claim 23, wherein said first parent (a) comprises a genetic determinant encoding fertility restoration and (b) is from a sunflower line designated SIGCO 273W.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
30 words
A sunflower seed according to claim 23, wherein said second parent (a) comprises a genetic determinant encoding cytoplasmic male sterility and (b) is from a sunflower line designated SIGCO 41A.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
53 words
A sunflower plant which produces seeds that have an oleic acid content of approximately 80% or greater, relative to the total fatty acid content of said seeds, and a ratio of the amount of linoleic acid in said seed to the amount of oleic acid in said seed of less than about 0.09.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
53 words
A sunflower plant which produces seeds that have an oleic acid content of approximately 80% or greater, relative to the total fatty acid content of said seeds, and a ratio of the amount of linoleic acid in said seed to the amount of oleic acid in said seed of less than about 0.09.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
16 words
A sunflower plant according to claim 26, wherein said ratio is between about 0.01 and 0.09.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
19 words
A sunflower plant according to claim 26, wherein said oleic acid content is between about 80% and about 94%.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
33 words
A sunflower plant which is cytoplasmic male sterile and which produces seeds that have an oleic acid content of approximately 80% or greater, relative to the total fatty acid content of said seeds.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
33 words
A sunflower plant which is cytoplasmic male sterile and which produces seeds that have an oleic acid content of approximately 80% or greater, relative to the total fatty acid content of said seeds.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
35 words
A sunflower plant according to claim 29, said plant having the characteristics of a line selected from the group consisting of a sunflower line designated SIGCO 41B and a sunflower line based on SIGCO 41B.
Claim 36
Dependent Claim
14 words
A sunflower plant according to claim 29, wherein said seeds have white seed coats.
Claim 37
Dependent Claim
36 words
A sunflower plant which comprises a genetic determinant encoding fertility restoration, said plant producing seeds that have an oleic acid content of approximately 80% or greater, relative to the total fatty acid content of said seeds.
Claim 38
Dependent Claim
36 words
A sunflower plant which comprises a genetic determinant encoding fertility restoration, said plant producing seeds that have an oleic acid content of approximately 80% or greater, relative to the total fatty acid content of said seeds.
Claim 39
Dependent Claim
14 words
A sunflower plant according to claim 32, wherein said seeds have white seed coats.
Claim 40
Dependent Claim
35 words
A sunflower plant according to claim 30, said plant having the characteristics of a line selected from the group consisting of a sunflower line designated SIGCO 416R and a sunflower line based on SIGCO 416R.
Claim 41
Dependent Claim
37 words
A sunflower seed according to claim 1, wherein said seed comprises a seed coat having a plurality of stripes, a portion of said plurality being either white or gray and the remainder being either black or brown.
Claim 42
Independent Claim
52 words
A method for producing a white-coated sunflower seed having an oleic acid content of approximately 80% or greater by weight, comprising the step of crossing (A) a first parent which comprises Pervenets germplasm encoding said oleic acid content with (B) a second parent which comprises a genetic determinant for white seed color.
Claim 43
Independent Claim
52 words
A method for producing a white-coated sunflower seed having an oleic acid content of approximately 80% or greater by weight, comprising the step of crossing (A) a first parent which comprises Pervenets germplasm encoding said oleic acid content with (B) a second parent which comprises a genetic determinant for white seed color.
Claim 44
Dependent Claim
21 words
A method according to claim 36, wherein both of said first and second parents are true-breeding for said white seed color.
Claim 45
Dependent Claim
20 words
A method according to claim 36, wherein substantially all pollen of one of said first and second parents is nonfunctional.
Claim 46
Dependent Claim
35 words
A method according to claim 38, wherein one of said first and second parents comprises a genetic determinant encoding cytoplasmic male sterility and the other of said parents comprises a genetic determinant encoding fertility restoration.
Claim 47
Independent Claim
59 words
A method for producing a gray-coated sunflower seed having an oleic acid content of approximately 80% or greater by weight, comprising the step of crossing (A) a first parent which yields white seed with (B) a second parent which produces black seed, at least one of said first and second parents comprising Pervenet germplasm encoding said oleic acid content.
Claim 48
Independent Claim
59 words
A method for producing a gray-coated sunflower seed having an oleic acid content of approximately 80% or greater by weight, comprising the step of crossing (A) a first parent which yields white seed with (B) a second parent which produces black seed, at least one of said first and second parents comprising Pervenet germplasm encoding said oleic acid content.
Claim 49
Dependent Claim
20 words
A method according to claim 40, wherein substantially all pollen of one of said first and second parents is nonfunctional.
Claim 50
Dependent Claim
35 words
A method according to claim 41, wherein one of said first and second parents comprises a genetic determinant encoding cytoplasmic male sterility and the other of said parents comprises a genetic determinant encoding fertility restoration.
Claim 51
Dependent Claim
35 words
A Helianthus annuus seed product consisting of a substantially homogeneous assemblage of sunflower seeds which has an oleic acid content of approximately 80% or greater, relative to the total fatty acid content of said seeds.
Claim 52
Dependent Claim
35 words
A Helianthus annuus seed product consisting of a substantially homogeneous assemblage of sunflower seeds which has an oleic acid content of approximately 80% or greater, relative to the total fatty acid content of said seeds.
Claim 53
Dependent Claim
37 words
A seed product according to claim 43, said assemblage of seeds having a ratio of the amount of linoleic acid in said seeds to the amount of oleic acid in said seeds of less than about 0.09.
Claim 54
Dependent Claim
16 words
A seed product according to claim 44, wherein said ratio is between about 0.01 and 0.09.
Claim 55
Dependent Claim
15 words
A seed product according to claim 45, wherein said oleic acid content is about 87-88%.
Claim 56
Dependent Claim
15 words
A seed product according to claim 45, wherein said oleic acid content is about 92%.
Claim 57
Dependent Claim
15 words
A seed product according to claim 45, wherein said oleic acid content is about 94%.
Claim 58
Dependent Claim
16 words
A seed product according to claim 43, wherein said seeds each comprise a white seed coat.
Claim 59
Dependent Claim
16 words
A seed product according to claim 43, wherein said seeds each comprise a gray seed coat.
Claim 60
Dependent Claim
51 words
A seed product according to claim 43, wherein said sunflower seeds, when grown under temperature conditions ranging from those of a northern climate to those of a southern climate, yield plants which produce seeds displaying a variation in said oleic acid content of about 4 to 5% by weight or less.
Claim 61
Dependent Claim
36 words
A sunflower line consisting of a substantially uniform population of Halianthus annuus plants which produce seeds having an oleic acid content of approximately 80% or greater, relative to the total fatty acid content of said seed.
Claim 62
Dependent Claim
36 words
A sunflower line consisting of a substantially uniform population of Halianthus annuus plants which produce seeds having an oleic acid content of approximately 80% or greater, relative to the total fatty acid content of said seed.
Claim 63
Dependent Claim
36 words
A sunflower line according to claim 52, wherein said seeds have a ratio of the amount of linoleic acid in said seeds to the amount of oleic acid in said seeds of less than about 0.09.
Claim 64
Dependent Claim
16 words
A sunflower line according to claim 53, wherein said ratio is between about 0.01 to 0.09.
Claim 65
Dependent Claim
15 words
A sunflower line according to claim 54, wherein said oleic acid content is about 87-88%.
Claim 66
Dependent Claim
15 words
A sunflower line according to claim 54, wherein said oleic acid content is about 92%.
Claim 67
Dependent Claim
15 words
A sunflower line according to claim 54, wherein said oleic acid content is about 94%.
Claim 68
Dependent Claim
16 words
A sunflower line according to claim 52, wherein said seeds each comprise a white seed coat.
Claim 69
Dependent Claim
16 words
A sunflower line according to claim 52, wherein said seeds each comprise a gray seed coat.
Claim 70
Dependent Claim
51 words
A sunflower line according to claim 52, wherein said sunflower seeds, when grown under temperature conditions ranging from those of a northern climate to those of a southern climate, yield plants which produce seeds displaying a variation in said oleic acid content of about 4 to 5% by weight or less.
Claim 71
Dependent Claim
31 words
A sunflower plant according to claim 32, wherein said seeds have a ratio of the amount of linoleic acid to the amount of oleic acid which is less than about 0.09.
Claim 72
Dependent Claim
16 words
A sunflower plant according to claim 61, wherein said ratio is between about 0.01 and 0.09.
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