Golden rice is enhanced nutritional value of food and vitamin A enriched rice. Inserted with beta carotene.a geneticaly modified crop that having good yield.They are more tolerent to abiotic stresses.
it is a genetically modified variety of rice which is rich in beta carotene,precursor of vitamin A.it contains three transgenes.two are isolated from daffodils(Narcissus pseudonarcissus) which codes for phytoene synthase and lycopene beta synthase.the third gene is isolated from the bacterial species Erwinia uredovora which codes for phytoene desaturase.this combination covers the requirements of beta carotene synthesis.
Golden rice is a variety of rice (Oryza sativa) produced through genetic engineering to bio-synthesize beta-carotene, a precursor of vitamin A, in the edible parts of rice.
