National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Milky mushroom (Calocybe indica P&C) is an indigenous mushroom suitable for tropical region of the country which can be grown in different agro-wastes. To ascertain the efficacy of substrates, an experiment was conducted with different lignocellulosic substrates for production of milky mushroom. Ten different lignocellulosic substrates viz. paddy straw, maize stalk, maize cob, wheat straw, green gram stalk, groundnut shell, coir pith, mustard stalk, sugarcane baggase and niger stick were evaluated and data on days to spawn run, days to pin head formation, days to first harvest, number of mushrooms, yield per bag and biological efficiency as well morphological characteristics like pileus diameter, stipe length and stipe diameter were recorded from five randomly selected mushrooms of each treatment. Highest biological efficiency (BE) was recorded from wheat straw (86.8 %) with 1302 g mushroom /1500 g dry substrate followed by paddy straw (74.2 %). Early spawn run, pinhead initiation and 1st harvest was observed in wheat straw (17.5 d, 24.3d and 35.9 d) as compared to paddy straw. Delayed 1st harvest was recorded in coir pith (51.1d) followed by groundnut shell (49.6 d). The morphology and number of mushroom harvested from wheat straw was maximum that directly influenced the yield per bag. Highest pileus diameter, stipe length and stipe diameter was observed in mushroom harvested from wheat straw (116.0 mm, 175.2 mm, 73.7 mm) which was statistically at par with that of paddy straw. But, paddy straw substrate can be recommended for production of milky mushroom instead of wheat straw because of its unavailability in the state of Odisha.
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