. 2018 Apr 23;102(12):5105–5120. doi: 10.1007/s00253-018-8981-x

Table 3.

Changes in growth index–Gi (calculated according to the formula: Gi = [(Dw1 − Dw0)/Dw0] where Dw1 is the dry weight of microshoots at the end of experiment and Dw0 is the dry weight of the inoculum), of S. chinensis cv. Sadova biomass from all tested in vitro systems (agar, agitated and Plantform bioreactor-grown cultures). Values represent the mean ± SD of four samples

Type of S. chinensis cv. Sadova microshoot cultures	MS medium variant*	Culture growth period
Type of S. chinensis cv. Sadova microshoot cultures	MS medium variant*	10 days	20 days	30 days	40 days	50 days	60 days
Agar	A	2.7 ± 0.1^cdef	2.9 ± 0.2^cdef	3.5 ± 0.1^abef	3.5 ± 0.4^abef	3.8 ± 0.3^abcdf	3.9 ± 0.6^abcde
	B	2.5 ± 0.1^bcdef	3.8 ± 0.3a^cdef	4.4 ± 0.2^abdef	4.0 ± 0.6^abcef	5.2 ± 0.5^abcdf	5.7 ± 0.3^abcde
	C	2.5 ± 0.3^bcdef	4.1 ± 0.2^acdef	3.7 ± 0.5^abef	3.7 ± 0.2^abef	7.2 ± 0.2^abcdf	5.7 ± 0.3^abcde
	D	2.5 ± 0.1^bcdef	3.5 ± 0.5^adef	3.5 ± 0.2^adef	4.1 ± 0.5^abcef	4.9 ± 0.1^abcdf	6.3 ± 0.8^abcde
	E	2.3 ± 0.2^bcdef	2.8 ± 0.2^acdef	3.1 ± 0.3^abdef	5.0 ± 0.6^abced	6.1 ± 0.1^abcdf	5.8 ± 0.3^abcde
	F	2.5 ± 0.1^bcdef	3.2 ± 0.6^acdef	3.6 ± 0.3^abdef	5.6 ± 0.8^abcef	5.3 ± 0.2^abcdf	6.8 ± 0.7^abcde
	G	2.8 ± 0.1^bcdef	3.4 ± 0.5^acdef	4.8 ± 0.6^abdef	6.8 ± 0.2^abcef	7.1 ± 0.1^abcdf	8.7 ± 0.6^abcde
Agitated	F	1.9 ± 0.1^bcdef	2.3 ± 0.2^acdf	2.9 ± 0.4^abdef	3.4 ± 0.5^abcef	2.3 ± 0.1^acdf	7.5 ± 0.4^abcde
Agitated	G	1.4 ± 0.1^bcdef	2.5 ± 0.2^acef	2.2 ± 0.6^abdef	2.6 ± 0.09^abcef	4.4 ± 0.2^abcdf	4.1 ± 0.2^abcde
Plantform	G	nt	nt	4.6 ± 0.9 4.7 ± 0.1**	nt	nt	nt

nt not tested

*See ‘Materials and methods’; **Gi of microshoots after elicitor (YE) treatment

^ap < 0.05 vs. 10-day growth period

^bp < 0.05 vs. 20-day growth period

^cp < 0.05 vs. 30-day growth period

^dp < 0.05 vs. 40-day growth period

^ep < 0.05 vs. 50-day growth period

^fp < 0.05 vs. 60-day growth period