Parameter | Agar-filled plastic holder | Rockwool-filled plastic holder | Sponge into a polypropylene sheet | Polyethylene granulate | Stainless mesh fixed two metal rigs/Nylon mesh on photo slide mount | This system |
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Liquid medium container | Plastic box | Plastic box | Magenta GA-7 vessel® | Glass vessel | Round-rim glass jars/glass vessel | Plastic container |
Costs | Intermediate to high | Intermediate | High | High | High | Low |
Setup time | Intermediate to high | Intermediate | Low | Low | High | Low to intermediate |
Reuse of seed-holder | No | No | No | No | Yes/No | Yes |
Throughput | Intermediate | Intermediate | High | High | High/intermediate | Intermediate |
Container volume | Small to high | Small to intermediate | Small | Small to high | Intermediate | Intermediate to high |
Medium evaporation | High | High | Low | High | Low/High | Low |
Seedling number per holder | One | One | One | Many | Many | Many |
Sterility | No | No | Yes | No | Yes/No | Yes |
Aeration | Yes/No | Yes/No | No | No | No | No |
Time for moving and sampling large batches of plants between media | High | High | High | High | High | Low |
Development window | Adult plants | Adult plants | Seedling to adult plants | Seedling | Seedling | Seedling to adult plants |
References | [6] | [7] |