Golden rice is a transgenic crop of the future with the following improved trail:
Golden rice is a transgenic crop of the future with the following improved trail:
insect resistance
high lysine (essential amino acid) content
high protein content
high vitamin-A content.
Solution
Golden rice is an example of GM crop. The grains of golden rice are yellow as it contains $\beta$-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.