Q176 / 180 · NEET 2019 (All India) · Zoology

Which of the following is true for Golden rice?

  • Correct answer
    A
    It is Vitamin A enriched, with a gene from daffodil
  • B
    It is pest resistance with a gene from Bacillus thuringiensis
  • C
    It is drought tolerant, developed using Agrobacterium vector
  • D
    It has yellow grains because of a gene introduced from a primitive variety of rice

Solution

Golden rice is vitamin ‘A’ enriched rice it is generically modified to enhance nutritional value of food.

Golden rice a variety of Oryza sativa is produced through the genetic engineering to biosynthesize beta-carotene, a precursor of pro-vitamin A in the edible parts of rice. Golden rice is enriched by introducing three genes involved in the biosynthetic pathway for carotenoid. Thus golden rice is genetically engineered rice with greater vitamin A content.

Hence, the correct answer is option: 'A'.

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