NEET 2012
- Exam
- NEET
- Year
- 2012
- Subject
- Zoology
- Chapter
- Biotechnology and Its Applications
NEET 2012 · Zoology · Biotechnology and Its Applications
Consumption of which one of the following foods can prevent the...
Consumption of which one of the following foods can prevent the kind of blindness associated with vitamin-A deficiency?
Options
- AFlaver savr tomato
- BCanolla
- CGolden rice
- DBt-brinjal
Correct answer
C. Golden rice
Step-by-step solution
Golden rice is a variety of Oryza sativa (rice) produced through genetic engineering to biosynthesize Beta-carotene, a precursor of vitamin-A in the edible part of rice (i.e., endosperm). The research that led to golden rice was conducted with the goal of helping children who suffer from vitamin-A deficiency. Because many children in countries where there is a dietary deficiency in vitamin-A rely on rice as a staple food, the genetic modification of rice to produce the vitamin-A precursor beta-carotene is seen as a simple and less expensive alternative to vitamin supplements.