National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692 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 |
Survey revealed that the occurrence of eight contaminants in mushroom beds and out of which Trichoderma viride, Aspergillus niger, Coprinus sp. were found to be the dominant fungal contaminants and occurrence was high during may to July (23.5 - 26.7 %) causing maximum loss to mushroom yield. The incidence of contaminants were minimum during December and January (3.60%) and maximum during the month of May (26.5 %). A good harvest of mushroom (107% Biological Efficiency) was obtained during the month of October. A range of average maximum temperature (23.5 - 34.6º C), minimum temperature (13.4 - 24.2º C) was found most appropriate for the cultivation of oyster mushroom in this region. Among the chemicals tested for management of competitors moulds Carbendazim 50% WP + formalin (T3) 0.01g+0.15 ml/100 ml showed its supremacy and exhibited maximum inhibitory effect (44.1 to 61.6 %) against Aspergillus sp., Trichoderma sp., Coprinus sp. and Penicillium sp. and was found to be less effective against Sclerotium rolfsii in vitro. The study will provide the idea of appropriate cultivation time as well as provide an alternative method of surface sterilization.
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