Golden rice is a variety of rice (Oryza sativa) produced through genetic engineering to biosynthesize beta-carotene, a precursor of vitamin A, in the edible...

to grow rice. Rice is the seed of the grass species Oryza sativa (Asian rice) or, much less commonly, O. glaberrima (African rice). Asian rice was domesticated...

destroyed field trials of golden rice. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation supports IRRI in its development of golden rice. IRRI's website states that...

contends that Golden Rice is more harmful than beneficial in her explanation of what she calls the "Golden Rice hoax": "Unfortunately, Vitamin A rice is a hoax...

testing page from US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Golden rice is a recombinant variety of rice that has been engineered to express the enzymes responsible...

parts of rice. The addition of beta-carotene to the rice is seen as preventive to loss of sight in poverty stricken countries where golden rice is intended...

transgenic rice species rich in vitamin A, called golden rice. Little is known about the impact of golden rice on xerophthalmia because anti-GMO campaigns have...

Philippines, rice dishes cooked with turmeric include kuning and sinigapuna. Golden rice – A genetically modified variety of Oryza sativa rice that is golden-colored...

Brown rice is a whole grain rice with the inedible outer hull removed. This kind of rice sheds its outer hull or husk but the bran and germ layer remain...

explored. Research on rice began in 1982. The first field trials of golden rice cultivars were conducted in 2004. The result was "Golden Rice", a variety of...