The organism in the experimentation is the orange corn, which contains vitamins necessary for a healthy diet in human beings. The reason the scientist used corn is because it is a widely favoured crop in the world. Many nations use corn as the staple foodn, the use of the corn in the research is of great importance. The corn is readily available for the researchers and the consumers; hence, there will be no difficulties in carrying out the research and the experimentation. Another thing, why the corn is preferable for use in the research is because the scientist can identify and separate the genes associated with carotenoid in corn and use them in breeding the new type of corn. The cost converting the yellow corn into the orange corn is not very high making the research very cost-effective.

There are many things learnt from the findings by the Purdue University on the orange maize discovery. Producing corn rich in vitamin A through the gene selection is a big step to reducing vitamin deficiencies in the developing countries. The elderly with muscular degeneration will also benefit from the use of this new product once its experimentation is complete. It is possible to select the gene variation for vitamin A in the corn, which helps to improve the nutritional value of the white corn. The final product of this technology is an orange corn very rich in vitamins, such as vitamin A. Another thing to note is that the provitamin carotenoids in the orange corn undergoes conversion in the body to release the vital nutrient vitamin A.

Vitamin A is important for good eyesight, healthy skin, and for the body immunity. Genetically modified foods are not as nutritious as the organic foodshe genetically modified bananas, which have high vitamin levels in helping the children from the developing countries with vitamin deficiencies. To convert the yellow corn into the orange corn, the researchers and the breeders can use the natural plant breeding instead of the transgenic method.

Scientists have the identity of many genes in the corn, which are rich in carotenoids for vitamin A production. To convert the white and the yellow corn into the orange corn, which has the vitamin A, will involve the selection of the corn containing dark orange kernels. The next thing will be to select the favourable genes and breed them naturally to produce the corn rich in vitamin A. According to Brenda, who is the study’s first author, plant breeders will have a faster process for breeding plants through the selection of a smaller list of genes. The places where one can find the orange corn is in Zambia, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, and Ghana. According to the researchers, the new orange organic growers can plant the new orange corn by the year 2016 and enjoy the nutritious value of the crop. Since the technology is not very expensive