12th Class Biology Biotechnology And Its Applications

  • question_answer 8)
    Find out from internet what is golden rice. 

    Answer:

    Golden rice is a transgenic variety of rice (Oryza sativa) containing good quantities of carotene (provitamin A) which is principle source of vitamin A. Since the grains of the rice are yellow in colour due to carotene, the rice is commonly called golden rice. It was developed at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology by Proffessor Ingo Potrykus and Peter Beyer.     


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