Biofortification involves breeding crops with higher levels of vitamins, proteins, minerals and healthier fats. Which of the following vegetable crop has been produced by IARI that has been enriched with Vitamin C?

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Biofortification involves breeding crops with higher levels of vitamins, proteins, minerals and healthier fats. Which of the following vegetable crop has been produced by IARI that has been enriched with Vitamin C? (A) Bitter gourd, bathua, mustard, tomato (B) Spinach and bathua (C) Pumpkin, carrot and mustard (D) French bean

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"Plant breeding program designed to increase the vitamins, minerals, higher protein and healthier fat is called biofortification." Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi, has also developed many vegetable crops that are rich in minerals and vitamins. For example, vitamin A enriched carrots, pumpkin, spinach, vitamin С enriched bitter gourd, bathua, tomato, mustard, cal­cium and iron-enriched spinach and bathua; and protein-enriched beans.

Q. Biofortification involves breeding crops with higher levels of vitamins, proteins, minerals and healthier fats. Which of the following vegetable crop has been produced by IARI that has been enriched with Vitamin C?

Bitter gourd, bathua, mustard, tomato

Spinach and bathua

Pumpkin, carrot and mustard

French bean