Zoology - Biotechnology and Its Applications Question with Solution | TestHub
Golden rice is a promising transgenic crop. When released for cultivation, it will help in?
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Use of genetic modification in plants are following
a. Crops are made more tolerant of unfavorable conditions or abiotic stresses, e.g., cold, salt, heat, drought, etc.
b. Development of pest-resistant crops (this reduces the use of pesticides in the field).
c. Post-harvest losses are reduced.
d. Mineral usage efficiency of plants is increased (exhaustion of fertility of the soil is delayed).
e. The nutritional value of food is increased, e.g., vitamin A enriched rice (golden rice). This rice is used to eliminate vitamin A deficiency diseases like night blindness. In this gene of beta carotene isolated from a flowering plant, Daffodil is added. Beta carotene is a precursor of vitamin A.
f. GMs are also being used to develop tailor-made plants to supply alternative resources to industries in the form of starches, fuels and pharmaceuticals.
