Extended Data Fig. 9: AKT2var expression in cassava leads to increased carbohydrate levels during periodic drought stress.
From: Engineering vascular potassium transport increases yield and drought resilience of cassava
Glucose, fructose, sucrose, and starch concentrations in leaf, lower stem, and fibrous root tissues of plants from EV lines (EV-4221, 4234, and 4243) and AKT2var lines (AKT2var-4261, 4262, and 4264) under (A) control conditions or (B) during periodic drought stress. In A for EV-4221 n = 7,7,7,7,7,7,6,7,7,7,7,7, EV-4243 n = 6,6,7,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6, EV-4243 n = 7,7,6,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7, AKT2var-4261 n = 6,6,6,6,6,6,5,6,6,6,6,6 AKT2var-4262 n = 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5, and AKT2var-4264 n = 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7 biological replicates were analyzed. In B for EV-4221 n = 7,7,6,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7, EV-4243 n = 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6, EV-4243 n = 7,7,7,7,7,7,6,7,6,6,6,7, AKT2var-4261 n = 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6, AKT2var-4262 n = 5,5,5,5,5,4,4,4,5, and AKT2var-4264 n = 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7, biological replicates were analyzed. In box plots, centre line represents the median and plus (+) the mean, box edges delineate first and third quartiles, whiskers extend to maximum and minimum values and dots show individual values. Different lower-case letters indicate statistical significance, as calculated by one-way ANOVA with a post-hoc Tukey HSD test (p < 0.05).
