PROJECT OVERVIEW

Plant oils are the major source of highly-reduced carbon available from Nature. The ability to control the chemical structure of this stored carbon represents a vital step towards producing renewable biomaterials that can replace petro-chemicals. The discoveries that result from this project will yield an understanding of the underlying principles of how pathways evolved for the synthesis of novel seed oils. It is our vision that basic knowledge from this project will enable bio-technological design of a new generation of specialty crops that will become the green factories of the future.