Fatty acids composition, industrial crops

Most transgenic oilseeds with altered fatty acid composition remain research subjects, with commercial introduction limited to two crops, neither of which have yet achieved success in the marketplace. The expected benefits from transgenic crops with altered fatty acid composition include improved stability properties enhanced nutritive value expanded use of renewable resources to replace petroleum derived materials replacement of chemical processes, such as epoxidation of fatty acid double bonds and gradual expansion of agriculture as a chemical industry, a concept long ago known as chemurgy. It is possible to predict some issues that... 

Therefore, bioplastics may prove to be the most rapidly growing new materials application for biomass. Industrial starches, fatty acids, and vegetable oils can serve as raw materials for bioplastics, including polymer composite materials. Waste paper and crop and forest wastes and virgin materials are being used as the basis of new composite materials and new fabrics, including Tencel, the first new textile fiber to be introduced in 30 years. 

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