Vol. 10, Issue 8 (2021)

Author(s):
Satpal Singh, Gopal Singh, Prashant Mishra, Ramesh Singh, DV Singh and RS Sengar

Abstract:
Spawn is a fundamental element in mushroom production. Present study was conducted to determine the effect of different organic additive on spawn production of Cordyceps militaris, for this purpose cereals flour such as Maize, Rice, Sorghum,Barley and Oat flour were used while Chickpea, Pigeon pea, Pea,Black gram and Green gram flour were used as pulses flour for spawn improvement and were added in wheat grains. The results obtained from present investigation show that, in case of cereal flour, maximum spawn growth was found in maize flour while in case of pulse flour use as organic additives, pigeon peaflour was found best organic additive for spawn production.