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Table 1 Phenotypic traits of peppermint shoot tip culture for 15 DALV under different light intensities

From: Shoot tip culture: a step towards 13C metabolite flux analysis of sink leaf metabolism

Light intensities

Total leaf weight (mg)

Total number of leaves

5 µmol m−2 s−1

41.92 ± 3.55a

2 pairs

10 µmol m−2 s−1

43.44 ± 6.76a

2 pairs

20 µmol m−2 s−1

59.36 ± 3.05b

2 pairs

30 µmol m−2 s−1

90.89 ± 4.60c

3 pairs

  1. For statistics, data were evaluated by one-way Anova, followed by Tukey HSD test and statistical difference (p < 0.05) was indicated by different letters (mean ± standard error, n = 5). Zero standard error of leaf number was calculated, as all observations of the same treatment were identical