Evaluation of different Methods of Substrate Preparation for Cultivation of Calocybe indica

Author: Dibakar Panda* and Mohan Kumar Biswas

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Abstract

Now a days mushroom has become an important alternative to non-veg food. Indian climate especially climate of West Bengal is favourable for cultivation of mushroom by using agricultural wastes. Choosing the best substrate method for bed preparation is of great importance in the efficient cultivation of mushrooms. Thus, the present study has been designed to evaluate the suitable method of bed preparation of straw substrate for generating better yield of milky mushroom. It was observed that the substrate, chopped paddy straw sterilized with hot water resulted into the maximum yield (1193.30g) followed by chopped paddy straw treated with steam sterilization (1060.00g) and chopped paddy straw treated with chemicals, Formalin and Bavistin (1028.30g). Also, the maximum biological efficiency was observed on the substrate chopped paddy straw treated with hot water (119.3%) followed by chopped paddy straw treated with steam sterilization (106.0%) and chopped paddy straw treated with chemicals

Keywords

Biological Efficiency, Formalin, Hot Water, Milky Mushroom, Sterilization.