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Definition of golden rice in English: golden ricenoun mass nounA genetically modified variety of rice rich in the orange or red plant pigment beta-carotene, a substance important in the human diet as a precursor of vitamin A. Example sentencesExamples - How much beta carotene will golden rice supply and with what efficiency can malnourished children convert it to vitamin A?
- A new type of rice, known as golden rice, is one of the crops that the authors say has great potential.
- In the case of golden rice itself, Zeneca, the company that developed the vitamin-A gene plant, now holds exclusive commercial rights, which applies not just to rice but to all future crops that might carry the gene.
- But the spread of any high-yielding variety like golden rice tends to reduce that crop diversity.
- Clearly, there is more than one reasonable opinion about the potential for golden rice to make a significant contribution to improving vitamin A nutrition.
Definition of golden rice in US English: golden ricenoun A genetically modified variety of rice containing large amounts of the orange or red plant pigment betacarotene, a substance important in the human diet as a precursor of vitamin A. Example sentencesExamples - In the case of golden rice itself, Zeneca, the company that developed the vitamin-A gene plant, now holds exclusive commercial rights, which applies not just to rice but to all future crops that might carry the gene.
- How much beta carotene will golden rice supply and with what efficiency can malnourished children convert it to vitamin A?
- But the spread of any high-yielding variety like golden rice tends to reduce that crop diversity.
- A new type of rice, known as golden rice, is one of the crops that the authors say has great potential.
- Clearly, there is more than one reasonable opinion about the potential for golden rice to make a significant contribution to improving vitamin A nutrition.
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