The benefits and issues toward golden rice as genetic modified crop: a review / Muhammad Harith Rosman and Fatimah Abdol Latif

• Main Authors: Rosman, Muhammad Harith, Abdol Latif, Fatimah
• Format: Book Section
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Plantation and Agrotechnology 2018
• Subjects: Genetics; S Agriculture (General)
• Online Access: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/56436/1/56436.pdf; https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/56436/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Mara

Golden Rice (GR) was developed to produce beta-carotene by genetic engineered (GE) method as the solution for vitamin A deficiency (VAD) problem. Beta-carotene act as pro-vitamin A which can convert to vitamin A in human body. Since GR is genetic modified (GM) crops, there are many issues raised amo...