Soybeans capable of forming a vegetable oil having specified concentrations of palmitic and stearic acids

摘要

A method is described for producing soybean varieties and lines exhibiting low palmitic acid contents of less than about 6.0% of the total fatty acid composition down to no more than about 2.4% or lower. The novel soybean lines are obtained by crossing C1726 and A1973NMU-173 and by utilizing selected progeny from such crossing. Soybean lines having stearic acid contents of less than about 3.0%, down to about 1.5% and total saturated fatty acid contents less than about 7.0% down to no more than about 4.0% are also disclosed.