National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
The Golden Rice Project was established to combat vitamin A deficiency worldwide. Rice, as we all know, is a major grain crop grown all over the world. Beta-carotene and vitamin A are not found in white rice. Rice-eating countries have a higher rate of vitamin A deficiency. Vitamin A deficiency has been linked to death in low-income countries in the past. Vitamin A deficiency can contribute to disorders such as night blindness, which can progress to blindness, eye and skin dryness, and maternal mortality. Vitamin A insufficiency affects around 250 million children, according to the World Health Organization. It includes beta-carotene, which is responsible for the golden yellow colour of the grain. Two daffodil genes and one bacterium gene were employed.
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