Commercialising thermo-stable rapeseed oil for the bio-lubricants industry

油菜是英国的第三大作物。菜籽油不仅可以食用，还被广泛用于生物柴油。它具有低毒和可生物降解性的优点，具有更高价值的工业用途，例如在润滑剂和液压油等应用中。然而，菜籽油是热不稳定的，因为多不饱和脂肪酸含量很高。预测突变育种的最新进展导致了油菜品系的发展，在这些品系中这一问题已经得到解决。为了克服商业化的最后障碍，我们的目标是描述一系列这些品系在受控环境中的温度反应，并通过田间试验更仔细地研究这些新品种的农艺，以最大限度地提高含油量和种子产量。在此期间，我们将生产足够数量的新型菜籽油，以分发给商业用户进行评估。

Oilseed rape is the UK's third largest crop. As well as being edible, rapeseed oil is used extensively in biodiesel. There is potential for higher-value industrial uses, for example in applications such as lubricants and hydraulic fluids, to which it brings advantages of low toxicity and biodegradability. However, rapeseed oil is thermally unstable, due to a high content of polyunsaturated fatty acids. Recent advances in predictive mutation breeding have led to the development of oilseed rape lines in which this problem has been solved. To overcome the final hurdle to commercialisation, we aim to characterise temperature responses in controlled environments of a range of these lines and investigate more closely the agronomy of these new varieties through field trials, to maximise oil content and seed yield Whilst doing this, we will produce sufficient quantities of the new types of rapeseed oil to distribute to commercial users for evaluation.