Chapter 12, Problem 20SC

Summary Introduction

To determine:

Whether the statement ‘A genetically engineered rice variety in existence today supplies sufficient beta-carotene to fight vitamin A deficiency and childhood blindness worldwide’ is true or false.

Introduction:

Golden rice is a variety of rice produced by genetically modified rice to include beta-carotene gene so that the rice can produce beta-carotene. Beta-carotene is the precursor of vitamin A whose deficiency causes childhood blindness.