Q. A transgenic food crop which may help in solving the problem of night blindness in developing countries is
A) Golden rice
B) Flavr Savr tomatoes
C) Starlink maize
D) Bt Soybean
Explanation
[Solution from source] Golden rice is engineered to make β-carotene, the precursor of vitamin A, whose deficiency causes night blindness. Flavr Savr tomato was modified for delayed ripening and Bt crops for insect resistance, neither of which targets vitamin A. Answer (1).
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