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Golden rice is a transgenic crop of a future persisting improved trait  of 
 

Option: 1

Insect resistance 


Option: 2

High lysine content 


Option: 3

High protein content 


Option: 4

High vitamin ‘A’ content 


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As discussed in Golden Rice -

  • Golden rice is a transgenic variety of rice that contains good quantities of beta-carotene (provitamin A - inactive state of vitamin A).
  • Beta-carotene is the principal source of vitamin A.
  • Since the rice grains become yellow in color due to carotene, the rice is commonly called golden rice. 
  • Hence, the correct option is (d). 
     
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