Bioengineered ‘ <i>golden</i> ’ indica rice cultivars with β‐carotene metabolism in the endosperm with hygromycin and mannose selection systems

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Vitamin-A deficiency (VAD) is a major malnutrition problem in South Asia, where indica rice is the staple food. Indica-type rice varieties feed more than 2 billion people. Hence, we introduced a combination of transgenes using the biolistic system of transformation enabling biosynthesis of provitamin A in the endosperm of several indica rice cultivars adapted to diverse ecosystems of different countries. The rice...

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