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Strategies for Enhancement in Food Production
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Golden rice is a promising transgenic crop. When released for cultivation, it will help in

  • alleviation of vitamin A deficiency

  • pest resistance

  • herbicide tolerance

  • producing a petrol-like fuel from rice

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alleviation of vitamin A deficiency

A plant in which a gene has been transferred through genetic engineering is called a transgenic plant and the gene, so transferred is called a transgene. Golden rice is a promising transgenic crop which when released for cultivation will help in alleviation of vitamin A deficiency.

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