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Golden rice is:

A. A variety of rice grown along the yellow river in China


B. Long stored rice having yellow colour tint


C. A transgenic rice having gene for β - carotene


D. Wild variety of rice with yellow coloured grains


• Golden rice is the nutritionally modified crop, rich in vitamin A and β-carotene.


• Gene for β-carotene is taken from daffodil and inserted into the rice plant.

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