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Golden rice is a transgenic crop of future with following
improved trait
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Solution:
Golden rice is a transgenic crop rice with high
vitamin A content. It has been developed by transferring beta carotene synthesising gene into the transgenic rice. Beta
carotene is the precursor of vitamin A. This transgenic rice
has been crossed with the already adapted varieties of rice to make them grow well in a particular area. It is very useful for
the people suffering from vision impairment due to vitamin A
deficiency.