OBJECTIVE LIFE SCIENCE
BIOTECHNOLOGY
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Question
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to be able to grow rice in salty soil
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to create better looking rice
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to grow rice under drought conditions
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to create rice that contains more nutrients
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Detailed explanation-1: -Golden rice is a variety of rice produced through genetic engineering, to biosynthesize beta-carotene, a precursor of vitamin A, in the edible parts of rice. Beta-carotene is converted into Vitamin A when metabolized by the human body. We need Vitamin A for healthier skin, immune systems, and vision.
Detailed explanation-2: -Golden Rice is a bioengineered crop with yellow-colored endosperm that contains -carotene (provitamin A).
Detailed explanation-3: -Golden Rice Project Golden rice is genetically modified to produce beta-carotene, which is not normally present in rice. Beta-carotene is converted into vitamin A when metabolized by the human body. We need vitamin A for healthier skin, immune systems, and vision.
Detailed explanation-4: -Golden Rice was engineered from normal rice by Ingo Potrykus and Peter Beyer in the 1990s to help improve human health. Golden Rice has an engineered multi-gene biochemical pathway in its genome. This pathway produces beta-carotene, a molecule that becomes vitamin A when metabolized by humans.
Detailed explanation-5: -Golden Rice differs from white rice only in that it contains -carotene, that is, provitamin A, which the human body converts to vitamin A. Golden Rice contains no vitamin A itself.