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Table 1 Optical characteristics of in vitro culture vessel sealings

From: Low-cost and automated phenotyping system “Phenomenon” for multi-sensor in situ monitoring in plant in vitro culture

Culture vessel sealing

Replicates

Total transmittance [%]

Diffuse transmittance [%]

Haze index [%]

Thick-ness [µm]

Average

SD

Average

SD

Average

SD

Standard lid, PP

3

91.3

0.3

3.3

0.9

34.2

0.9

200

Foil, PVC

3

92.6

0.3

1.4

0.2

1.4

0.2

20

Petri dish, PS

1

91.2

 

0.6

 

0.5

 

900

  1. PP polypropylene, PVC polyvinyl chloride, PS polystyrene
  2. Measured with UV/VIS/NIR Spectrometer (PerkinElmer Lambda 1050) in 5 nm intervals from 380 to 780 nm according to standard test method ASTM D1003[19]
  3. Haze index [%] = ((Diffuse transmittance/total transmittance) − rel. scattered transmittance by the system) × 100
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