Transgenic Plants in Rice - In rice (both in japonica and indica varieties), there are reports (1988-1991) of successful production of transgenic plants. In one case, transgenic plants were produced, which carried a functional gene for aminoglycoside phosphotransferase II(APT (3') II) along with the reporter gene for neomycin phosphotransferase (NPT 11).

In the other case, the transgenic rice plants possessed a bacterial hph gene, encoding hygromycin B resistance (Hm1) along with the reporter gene encoding P glucuronidase (GUS).