Newly-published study details comprehensive nutrient analysis of biotech cassava

An East African led team of scientists has published a comprehensive comparative assessment of the principal nutrients, minerals, amino acids, fatty acids, vitamins, and secondary metabolites in the leaves and storage roots from disease resistant (4046) cassava and its conventional parent (TME 204).   These data were collected from field trials in Kenya and Uganda…

Wagaba, H., et al. 2021

Comparative compositional analysis of cassava brown streak disease resistant 4046 cassava and its non-transgenic parental cultivar ABSTRACT Compositional analysis is an important component of an integrated comparative approach to assessing the food and feed safety of new crops developed using biotechnology. As part of the safety assessment of cassava brown streak disease resistant 4046 cassava,…