Figures (1)  Tables (2)

    • Figure 1. 

      (a) High quality shoots of A. melanocarpa 'Viking' visible in Plantform™ bioreactor. (b) Quantity of shoots of A. melanocarpa within Plantform™ bioreactor.

    • Culture typeShoot number/
      explant      		Shoot length
      (cm)      		Leaf number/
      explant      		Shoot fresh weight
      (mg/explant)      		Shoot dry weight
      (mg/explant)      		Dry weight/fresh
      weight ratio (%)
      Semisolid medium2.2 ±1.0b3.02 ± 1.526.1 ± 2.0b1066.1 ± 239.0b110.3 ± 21.6b9.8 ± 0.2
      Plantform™ Bioreactor8.9 ± 4.7a3.08 ± 0.773.7 ± 0.70a1923.5 ± 220.1a184.7 ± 26.3a9.6 ± 0.4
      *ns***ns
      Different letters within the same column indicate a significant difference at p < 0.05 (*).

      Table 1. 

      Comparison of the semisolid medium system and the Plantform™ bioreactor TIS in terms of shoot number, shoot length, leaf number, total shoot fresh-dry weight, dry weight/ fresh weight ratio (dry weight rate), in Cordyline fruticosa 'Purple' micropropagation.

    • Culture typeShoot number/
      explant      		Shoot length (cm)Leaf number/
      explant      		Shoot fresh weight
      (mg/explant)      		Shoot dry weight
      (mg/explant)      		Dry weight/fresh
      weight ratio (%)
      Semisolid medium6.6 ± 1.7b3.7 ± 0.8b12.0 ± 1.6222.4 ± 23.7b35.0 ± 3.0b15.8 ± 0.5a
      Plantform™ Bioreactor11.9 ± 0.6a4.4 ± 0.6a11.2 ± 2.0439.8 ± 26.8a41.6 ± 2.2a9.4 ± 0.2b
      **ns***
      Different letters within the same column indicate a significant difference at p < 0.05 (*).

      Table 2. 

      Comparison of the semisolid medium system and the Plantform™ bioreactor TIS in terms of shoot number, shoot length, leaf number, total shoot fresh-dry weight, dry weight/ fresh weight ratio (dry weight rate), in Aronia melanocarpa ‘Viking’ micropropagation.