Abstract: The present invention relates to sunflower seeds which have been genetically modified through two artificial induction cycles of mutations followed in each case by processes for the identification of mutant individuals which have the desired character. The disclosed seeds are characterised in that they contain between 26% and 80% of the tocopherols as delta-tocopherol. This high delta-tocopherol production is determined by the genotype of the seeds which have been modified to this effect, and is always obtained independently of the culture conditions, thereby obtaining an inheritable character. Today, sunflower seeds producing such high levels of delta-tocopherol do not exist. Genetically modified sunflower plants which produce through self-fertilization seeds with high delta-tocopherol levels and the oil with high natural delta-tocopherol concentration, extracted from the seeds, are also objectives of the present invention.

Abstract: Meal from sunflower plants that produce seeds with an extractable oil having an oleic acid content of more than 40% by weight and a stearic acid content of more than 12% by weight is disclosed.

Abstract: Sunflower seeds having an oleic acid content of more than 5% and less than 65%, a palmitic acid content of more than 20% and less than 40%, a stearic acid content of more than 3% and less than 15%, and a palmitoleic acid content less than 4%, all based on the total fatty acid weight, are disclosed, together with methods of obtaining the sunflower seeds.

Abstract: Sunflower plants that produce seeds with an extractable oil having an oleic acid content of more than 40% by weight and a stearic acid content of more than 12% by weight are disclosed, together with products containing the oil and methods for selecting plants containing the oil.

Abstract: Meal from sunflower plants that produce seeds with an extractable oil having an oleic acid content of more than 40% by weight and a stearic acid content of more than 12% by weight is disclosed.

Abstract: Sunflower seeds having an oleic acid content of more than 5% and less than 65%, a palmitic acid content of more than 20% and less than 40%, a stearic acid content of more than 3% and less than 15%, and a palmitoleic acid content less than 4%, all based on the total fatty acid weight, are disclosed, together with methods of obtaining the sunflower seeds.

Abstract: Sun flower plants that produce seeds with an extractable oil having an oleic acid content of more than 40% by weight and a stearic acid content of more than 12% by weight are disclosed, together with products containing the oil and methods for selecting plants containing the oil.

Abstract: The present invention relates to transgenic and non-transgenic plants that produce oil having high levels of saturated fatty acids and medium to high levels of olecic acid. More specifially, the invention relates to a sunflower plant, seed, and the extractable oil having increased stearic acid content and increased oleic acid content relative to the normal sunflower oil level of stearic acid and oleic acid.