Fig. 4: AKT2var expression results in increased cassava growth rates under controlled greenhouse conditions.
From: Engineering vascular potassium transport increases yield and drought resilience of cassava
a, Representative phenotypes of shoot and root tissues from three vector control (EV-4218, EV-4234 and EV-4243) and three AKT2var lines (AKT2var-4261, AKT2var-4262 and AKT2va-4264) are shown 19 weeks after planting. b–d, Shoot dry weight (b), storage root dry weight (c) and HI of dry weight (d). The data in b–d are shown as the mean of ten biological replicates for EV-4218, EV-4234 and EV-4243 and six biological replicates for AKT2var-4261, AKT2var-4262 and AKT2var-4264 plus or minus the standard deviation. In each box plot, the centre line represents the median, the plus sign indicates the mean, the box edges delineate the first and third quartiles, the whiskers extend to the maximum and minimum values and the points show individual values. Different lower-case letters indicate statistical significance, as calculated via one-way ANOVA with a post-hoc Tukey HSD test (P < 0.05).
