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I'm not clear on what it exactly is - a hybrid of different rice varieties, or a GMO, or something else?
by farnsworth 8y ago
I'm not clear on what it exactly is - a hybrid of different rice varieties, or a GMO, or something else?
- ollin 8y agoPer Wikipedia: > Golden rice is a variety of rice (Oryza sativa) produced through genetic engineering to biosynthesize beta-carotene, a precursor of vitamin A, in the edible parts of rice.[1] It is intended to produce a fortified food to be grown and consumed in areas with a shortage of dietary vitamin A,[2] a deficiency which is estimated to kill 670,000 children under the age of 5 each year. So, yes, genetically-modified to produce more beta carotene.
- maoistinquisitr 8y agoWhich is fundamentally stupid because the beta-carotene to vitamin A pathway is highly limited. The whole idea is wrong. Vitamin A deficient people need vitamin A. Stuffing extra beta-carotene into them will just turn them orange and have other bad effects.