Large-Scale Plantlet Conversion and Ex Vitro Transplantation Efficiency of Siberian Ginseng by Bioreactor Culture

Table 2

Effect of inoculation stage and medium exchange period on growth of SEs in 10-l bioreactor.

Stage of inoculated SEs	Medium exchange period (weeks)	Bioreactor culture period (weeks)	Fresh weight of germinated SEs (mg/SEs)^z	Hypocotyl		Primary root number
				Diameter (mm)	Length (cm)
Heart-shape^x	2	6	66^a	1.2^a	5.0^a	4.3^a
Heart-shape	3	9	225^b	1.2^a	4.2^b	1.7^b
Torpedo-shape	2	4	137^c	2.5^b	2.4^c	9.1^c

xAbout 12000 agar medium developed SEs were cultured in a bioreactor.
zValues with different letters in a column are significantly different according to Duncan’s multiple range test at the 5% level.