A genetically modified banana is especially rich in nutrients will soon become a food source to improve the lives of millions of people ... Type modified bananas looked like bananas often, but inside the banana biased orange color rather than cream.

The Australian researchers said this trial to examine the impact of new types of bananas on the vitamin A in the human body.

 

The project plans to try the banana plantation particularly rich in alpha and beta carotene - the physical body will be transformed into vitamin A - in Uganda in 2020.

 

The genetically modified bananas are currently being sent to the United States, and plans to increase vitamin A test of this kind of banana in six weeks will soon deploy.

 

"Science can bring remarkable changes by replacing staple crops, such as banana plants in Uganda, with new types of bananas can provide much more vitamin A, to bring foods Nutrient-rich to the poor areas, farmers self-sufficient, "project leader Professor James Dale said.

 

The project was undertaken by Queensland University of Technology (QUT) and is supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in hopes of convincing results later this year.

 

"We know that our research work," Professor Dale said. "We came up with the idea, how to put in place the banana genome, and put it into the genome at the Queensland University of Technology."

 

Dale says cooking bananas a food staple in the East African highlands, however bananas are grown here have low levels of micronutrients, especially vitamin A substances create and iron.

 

"The consequences of vitamin A deficiency is catastrophic, with 650000-700000 child deaths worldwide each year, and at least 300,000 children go blind," he said.

 

Researchers have determined that nutrient enrichment of foods is the best way to help reduce this problem.

 

Type modified bananas looked like bananas often, but within the natural banana orange color rather than cream. Professor Dale said that this small difference will not cause any problems.

 

He said that, once this type of genetically modified bananas allowed commercial cultivation in Uganda, then the technology can be extended to other countries, including Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of Congo portion, Kenya and Tanzania.

 

"Farmers in West Africa bananas Me, and the application of similar technology with this banana is entirely possible," Professor Dale said.

 

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