Question

Golden rice is ______.

Options

• A variety of rice grown along to yellow rives of china

• Long stored rice having yellow colour tint

• A transgenic rice having gene for B-carotene

• Wide variety of rice with yellow coloured grains

Answer 1

Golden rice is a transgenic rice having gene for B-carotene.

Explanation:

Golden rice is a crop that has been genetically modified to have a higher nutritional value. It is high in vitamin A and contains the '13 carotene' gene from the daffodil plant as well as a gene from some bacteria. Golden rice protects juvenile blindness caused by vitamin A deficiency.