A variety of high oleic winter rapeseed Olivin

In 2019, firstly in Russia, we introduced high oleic variety of winter rapeseed Olivivn into the State Commission on testing and ptotection of breeding achievements. The variety Olivin was developed as a result of crossing a winter rapeseed line MLCH 50 received from the Cargill, France under international collaboration, and a line from the Dragon variety of VNIIMK breeding, with further self-pollination and selection by the main economically valuable traits during ten generations. The new variety by its seed and oil yield, oil content is not inferior to the standard variety Loris. The general advantage of the variety Olivin is unique fatty acid composition of oil. Oleic acid content in oil of this variety seeds is up to 79.7%. Originator of the variety Olivin is V.S. Pustovoit All-Russian Research Institute of Oil Crops.