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Golden rice is a transgenic crop of the future with the following improved trail:

Options

  1. Ainsect resistance
  2. Bhigh lysine (essential amino acid) content
  3. Chigh protein content
  4. Dhigh vitamin-A content.

Correct answer

D. high vitamin-A content.

Step-by-step solution

Golden rice is an example of GM crop. The grains of golden rice are yellow as it contains -carotene which is precursor of vitamin A. It is produced to control night blindness and to overcome vitamin A deficiency. Related Theory Biofortification is the enrichment of crops with nutrients of higher levels of vitamins, minerals, proteins and fat content. IARI has released sexual varieties of crop plants that are biofortified.

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