Fig. 4: Contribution of biofortified transgenic cassava to EARs for iron and zinc. | Nature Biotechnology

Fig. 4: Contribution of biofortified transgenic cassava to EARs for iron and zinc.

From: Biofortification of field-grown cassava by engineering expression of an iron transporter and ferritin

Fig. 4

a,b, Graphical plots of iron (a) and zinc (b) concentrations from the transgenic cassava plants against the percentage EAR for children (1–3 years of age), children (4–6 years of age) and nonpregnant nonlactating women. Blue dashed line, percentage EAR calculated from processed food of baseline wild-type storage roots; red dashed line, percentage EAR calculated from processed food of transgenic cassava storage roots. c, Iron-biofortified VIT1 (containing an additional 40–50 µg/g iron) or IRT1 + FER1 (containing an additional 80–90 µg/g iron) cassava lines, showing the potential nutritional contribution toward the EARs for different demographic groups relative to baseline WT-TME 204 (10 µg/g iron). d, Zinc-biofortified IRT1 + FER1 (containing an additional 90–100 µg/g zinc) cassava lines showing the potential nutritional contribution toward the EARs for different demographic groups relative to baseline WT-TME 204 (10 µg/g zinc).

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