Canola is primarily grown for its high‐quality oil, which is extracted from the seeds and has highly desirable physical properties including a high smoke point, neutral flavour and an unsaturated fatty acid profile beneficial to human health (Lin et al., ). ABI3 overexpression leads to improved embryo degreening following frost exposure and enhanced pod strength. (a) Progression of embryo degreening in canola under normal and frost‐exposed conditions in relation to oil quality. (b) Semi‐quantitative colour analysis of untreated and frost‐exposed seeds from Westar (wild‐type) and two independent 35S::BnABI3 lines. (c) Seed chlorophyll concentration (mg/kg) in WT and 35S::BnABI3 lines following frost and non‐frosted conditions. Error bars indicate ± SEM (n = 7) Significance determined by Student's t‐test. (* = P < 0.05, ** = P < 0.01, *** = P < 0.001) (g, h). (i) Thickness of the pod wall (valve). (j) Diameter of pedicel. (k) Phenotypic overview of replum tissue in Westar (WT) and 35S::BnABI3, Scale = 1 mm. (l) Replum‐valve joint area index. (m) Seed oil content from WT and transgenic 35S::BnABI3 seeds. Key unsaturated fatty acid profile (18:1 oleic, 18:2 linoleic and 18:3 linolenic acids). (n) Nervonic acid content in WT and transgenic 35S::BnABI3 seeds. (o) ABI3 confers frost‐tolerant degreening through hyper‐activating seed SGR2 levels (1) and through up‐regulating protective genes (2), along with promoting pod strength by enhancing valve thickness (3) and increasing replum‐valve junction index (4).