The genetically engineered &;golden rice&; is rich in -: (A) b-carotene and magnesium, (B) Folic acid and iron, (C) b-carotene and iron, (D) Folic acid and magnesium
Answer is C. <p> Golden rice: Variety of rice produced through genetic engineering to boisynthesize beta carotene, a precursor of vitamin A. It is indented to produce a foified food to be grown and consumed in areas with a shoage of dietary vitamin A. Golden rice differs from its parenteral strain by the addition of three beta carotene biosynthesis gene. It is rich in beta carotene and iron. </p>