Table 2 Effect of the culture system, immersion frequency, and volume of culture medium on rooting, and shoot elongation.

From: A novel temporary immersion bioreactor system for large scale multiplication of banana (Rasthali AAB—Silk)

Culture system

Rooting (%)

No. of roots/shoot

Root length (cm)

Shoot height (cm)

Semi solid culture

94.3 ± 1.5c

5.65 ± 0.7a

9.65 ± 1.0d

09.25 ± 0.2d

TIB-Immersion frequencies (2-min immersion)1

4 h

97.6 ± 1.7ab

6.0 ± 1.0a

10.3 ± 1.0cd

11.1 ± 0.6c

6 h

98.6 ± 1.0a

6.5 ± 0.7a

12.0 ± 1.1b

16.4 ± 0.9a

12 h

96.1 ± 2.0abc

6.3 ± 0.8a

14.4 ± 0.8a

17.8 ± 1.9a

Volume of culture medium (ml)2

100

95.3 ± 2.7bc

5.5 ± 0.9a

12.7 ± 1.5b

14.5 ± 1.8b

250

98.6 ± 1.1a

6.3 ± 0.4a

11.5 ± 1.2bc

17.5 ± 1.4a

500

96.4 ± 2.2abc

6.0 ± 1.1a

12.8 ± 1.4b

17.7 ± 1.7a

  1. Results were recorded after 84 days of culture duration. Numbers represent the mean ± SD. Means with different letter are significantly different (DMRT, p ≤ 0.05).
  2. 1Experiment carried out with 250 ml of culture medium and 150 numbers of inoculum used.
  3. 2Experiment carried out with 2-min immersion for every 6 h and 150 numbers of inoculum used.