FOOD TECHNOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The scientists and their collaborators first succeeded in expressing beta-carotene in rice in 1999, and they published the results in 2000. Since then, scientists have improved Golden Rice through laboratory and field trials, but as of 2013 no countries have grown it commercially.

Detailed explanation-2: -Golden Rice was developed in the late 1990s by German plant scientists Ingo Potrykus and Peter Beyer to combat vitamin A deficiency, the leading cause of childhood blindness.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 2005, a team of researchers at Syngenta produced Golden Rice 2. They combined the phytoene synthase (psy) gene from maize with crtl gene from the original golden rice.

Detailed explanation-4: -Golden rice is a genetically modified variety of rice. It is developed by the Philippines-based International Rice Research Institute (IRRI).

Detailed explanation-5: -Golden Rice 2, which is deep orange in color, was developed to greatly increase the-carotene of rice (Paine and others 2005).