Which of the following is true for Golden rice?
(1) It is Vitamin A enriched, with a gene from daffodil.
(2) It is pest resistant, with a gene from Bacillus thuringiensis.
(3) It is drought tolerant, developed using Agrobacterium vector.
(4) It has yellow grains, because of a gene introduced from a primitive variety ofrice.
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The statement given in the option (1) is true for golden rice.
Explanation:
- Golden rice refers to that rice which was hereditary altered to give a basic supplement that white rice needs which is called as beta-carotene, which is changed over into vitamin A in the body.
- Thus the normal rice was genetically altered with a gene from daffodil to produce rice enriched with vitamin A.
- The vector used for the process is soil bacterium Erwinia uredovora, not agrobacterium.
- The rice is yellow due to accumulation of β-carotene (pro-vitamin A) and xanthophylls in it.
- Thus statement (1) is considered as true for the golden rice.
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