SIMPLIFIED ACOUSTIC WINDOW MIST BIOREACTOR

Low cost mist bioreactors were designed to grow Artemisia annua transf ormed roots and Dianthus caryophyllus shoots. The reactors use similar mist generators but the culture chambers were modified to meet the re quirements of each application. For root cultures grown in the mist re actor, the ratio of the final to initial fresh weight was 7.4 after 24 days while for the shoots, the ratio was 10.8 after 14 days, Shoots g rown in the mist had about half the hyperhydration of the controls gro wn in culture tubes.