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Rice is a staple food for a large part of the world's population but is naturally poor in iron. To increase its iron content and combat iron deficiency, genes for the ferritin protein, which is an iron-storage protein, were isolated from soybean and Phaseolus (beans) and transferred into the rice genome.

This genetic modification resulted in iron-fortified rice, which accumulates higher levels of iron in its grains.

Answer: Rice.