Evaluation of yield potential of Ganoderma lucidum using various substrates.
Vinod Upadhyay, Neelam, Bhardwaj N. R.
Author Affiliation: Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture, GB Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar 263 145, Uttarakhand, India.
Environment and Ecology 32 : 518-521
Abstract : Experiment was conducted in order to evaluate the effects of various kinds of substrates such as rice straw, wheat straw, soyabean straw, sugarcane bagasse, saw dust of Delbergia sissu, mango leaves, tamarind's leaves and one mixed substrate with combination of saw dust+paddy straw+wheat straw+tamarind's leaves on yield and biological efficiency of Ganoderma lucidum. Out of various substrates used, soyabean straw with highest total yield (307 g) was found most profitable substrate for cultivation of G. lucidum followed by wheat straw (151 g), sugarcane bagasse (81.6 g), mango leaves (81.3 g) and rice straw (77.3 g) showing the biological efficiency 68.35%, 27.7%, 20.38%, 12.81% and 15.3% respectively, while the substrates of tamarinds leaves, mixed substrate and the saw dust of Delbergia sisso showed very poor performance.