Effect of waste organic substrates supplemented with mango leaf aqueous extract on the mycelial growth of Pleurotus sajor-caju and Pleurotus florida.
Rana I. S., Aarti Kanojiya, Sandhu S. S.
Author Affiliation: Fungal Biotechnology and Invertebrate Pathology Laboratory, Department of Biological Sciences, Rani Durgawati University, Jabalpur - 482 001, India.
Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology 1 : 307-312
Abstract : Most of the Pleurotus sp. can use variety of substrate materials than any other mushroom. In this study, the effect of dried mango leaves aqueous extract (MLAE) upon radial mycelial growth of P. sajor-caju and P. florida was evaluated on 8 different waste substrate materials, which included mango leaves, wheat straw, sugarcane bagasse, waste cotton, waste paper, wood shavings, paddy straw and coconut coir. The best growth was observed on dried mango leaves. Radial mycelial growth was significantly increased when sugarcane bagasse and coconut coir were supplemented with the extract of dried mango leaves. Notable increase in growth was observed in case of paddy straw and waste paper upon supplementation. Mango leaves extract based agar medium was found to be better than Sabouraud's dextrose agar medium.