Effect of Various Chemicals on the Mycelial Growth and Fruiting Body of Milky Mushroom (Calocybe indica)

Studies on the evaluation of some strains of Calocybe indica P&C for cultivation in Jammu

“…C. indica strain DMRO-309 took 11.67 and 13 days for complete colonization on paddy straw and wheat straw respectively, whereas strain APK-2 colonized paddy straw and wheat straw completely in 12.33 and 13.67 days respectively. Earlier, Krishnamoorthy and Muthusamy (1997); Rawal and Doshi (2014); Singh et al (2018) have also found similar results with APK-2 strain while growing it on different agrowastes in other parts of the country. In contrast to the present results, some researchers have even observed requirement of as high as 32 days for complete spawn run by APK-2 and different CI strains of C. indica on some other types of lignocellulosic wastes (Krishnamoorthy and Muthusamy, 1997;Krishnamoorthy et al, 2000;Nagaratna and Mallesha, 2007;Singh et al, 2009;Kaur et al, 2011;Vijaykumar et al, 2014;Krishnamoorthy and Balan, 2014;Chivan and Sumbali, 2016;Singh et al, 2018).…”

“…Earlier, Krishnamoorthy and Muthusamy (1997); Rawal and Doshi (2014); Singh et al (2018) have also found similar results with APK-2 strain while growing it on different agrowastes in other parts of the country. In contrast to the present results, some researchers have even observed requirement of as high as 32 days for complete spawn run by APK-2 and different CI strains of C. indica on some other types of lignocellulosic wastes (Krishnamoorthy and Muthusamy, 1997;Krishnamoorthy et al, 2000;Nagaratna and Mallesha, 2007;Singh et al, 2009;Kaur et al, 2011;Vijaykumar et al, 2014;Krishnamoorthy and Balan, 2014;Chivan and Sumbali, 2016;Singh et al, 2018). The other three tested strains of C. indica (DMRO-319, CI-6 and CI-9) took more time (approximately 15 to 19 days) to colonize the tested substrates and showed signi icant differences (Table 1).…”

“…The results obtained in the present study for APK-2 strain are in accordance with the indings of many other researchers who also observed high yield and high biological ef iciency of APK-2 on these standard agrowastes as compared to other lignocellulosic substrates (Krishnamoorthy and Muthusamy, 1997;Rawal and Doshi, 2014;Selvaraju et al, 2015). However, Singh et al (2018) while cultivating APK-2 strain on wheat straw observed only 53.33% biological ef iciency, which could be increased by adding different chemicals as supplements. Similarily, Krishnamoorthy (2014) reported signi icantly higher yield performance ranging from 601.60g to 817.50g per 500g of the dry substrate on chemically treated paddy straw in ive mushroom farms of Tamil Nadu, thus exhibiting biological ef iciency as high as 120.32% to 163.50%.…”

“…Recently, Alsowadi and Alhomam, 2019 also observed that C. indica APK-2 strain is a not only a fast colonizer in vivo but is also a rapid biomass producer in vitro conditions at a temperature of 30ºC. Few other researchers have observed early pinhead emergence and sporophore maturation even in case of different CI strains of C. indica grown on other agrowastes and their mixed combinations (Singh et al, 2009;Chivan and Sumbali, 2016;Singh et al, 2018). It is possible that variations detected in cropping period on different agrowastes may be due to the environmental variations (temperature, humidity and light arrangements) or due to speci ic nutritional requirements of the cultivated mushroom (Khanna and Garcha, 1981) .…”

“…The other three tested strains of C. indica (DMRO-319, CI-6 and CI-9) took more time (approximately 15 to 19 days) to colonize the tested substrates and showed signi icant differences (Table 1). However, literature shows no work on the cultivation of C. indica DMRO-309 strain but few other CI strains of C. indica like CI-1, CI-2, CI-3, CI-4, CI-5, CI-6, CI-7, CI-8, CI-9, CI-10, CI-13, CI-14, CI-15, CI-16, CI-18 and CI-524 have been reported to show early colonization on these two standard agrowastes (Singh et al, 2009;Kaur et al, 2011;Kumar et al, 2011;Senthilnambi et al, 2011;Dhakad et al, 2015;Chivan and Sumbali, 2016;Singh et al, 2018) .…”