An Approach to Improve Yield Parameters of Pleurotus florida Strain P1

Aim: The efficient mushroom production involves many factors of which spawn production, culture methods and substrate selection are of prime importance. The research has, therefore, been carried out to standardize these aspects in present communication, for production of Pleurotus florida Strain- P1.

Materials and Methods: Various cereals (maize, oat, barley) and millets (Italian millets, Little millet, Pearl millet) were assessed against wheat grain spawn for enhancing yield and biological efficiency of mushroom. Most suitable wheat straw component among fine pieces of leaves and leaf sheath (0.2 cm), coarse pieces of leaves and leaf sheath (0.4 cm), small (1.0 cm) and large pieces of the stem (1.7 cm) were also evaluated for the manifestations above. Various culture methods viz., bag, column, wall and tray culture and few substrate mixtures (corncob + wheat straw, mango sawdust + wheat straw and rice husk + wheat straw) have also been taken to increase yield performance of mushroom.

 

Conclusion: The results obtained during the study revealed that by adopting the compositeapproach, the growers enhance mushroom production in manyfolds. The mushroom is cultivated byfollowing column method. The wheat straw devoid from pieces of leaf & leaf sheath should be utilized as a substrate with corncob combination. It should be inoculated with oat/barley spawn to achieve

higher yield.(Link)

Cited this as:   C.S. Singh, Siddhant, Ruchira Singh and R.S. Kanaujia  (2020). Integrated approach to improve yield parameters of Pleurotus florida Strain P1. In: Makky EA (ed.) Recent Progress in Microbiology and Biotechnology Vol.2. Book Publisher International, West Bengal and United Kingdom. pp. 94-105.

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A new filter for safe view of Solar Eclipse

Looking directly at the sun can lead to permanent eye injury due to damage of light-sensitive rod and cone cells within the retina. There are two ways to look at the Sun safely: by observing the sun directly through a suitable filter, or by projecting the Sun’s reflection onto a piece of paper via handmade pinhole camera/ telescope. The present correspondence shows the specification for the development of an optical instrument for the direct observation of sun. For this device, commonly available solar control glass plates can be used. The design of this filter is based on the fact that both visible and UV radiation comply with the law of Reflection and Refraction of light. As light rays appeared on the glass plate, most of the rays pass through the glass after refraction. A portion of the incident ray is mirrored and goes out to the next glass panel, where the same thing is going to happen. Through this way, multiple glass plates reflect the light ray before diffuse light is received. Owing to the fact that diffuse reflection is responsible for the ability to see most illuminated objects, we will be able to see the dull image of sun directly through this filter during the solar eclipse. (LINK)

Mechanism of new solar filter (The number of glass plates shown is for presentation purposes only)

 

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   Siddhant (2020): A new filter for safe view of Solar Eclipse.  In: Mobo DF and Sakhi Z (eds.) Proceeding of 2nd International Conference on Innovative Studies of Contemporary Sciences: Applied Science. Tokyo Summit-2, August 17-19, 2020. Pp.126-128.

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An addition to the diversity of macro fungi in Tikri Reserved Forest, Gonda (U.P.) INDIA

Field surveys were conducted in Tikri Reserved Forest during the monsoon period of the years 2016 – 2018, in which a total of thirty nine mushroom species belonging to thirty genera were collected and identified from different localities of the reserved forest. In 2019 more surveys are being conducted in the reserved forest to explore the new mushroom specimens. In the field, mature and well developed fruit bodies are being collected carefully. Various ecological parameters are also being recorded along with other field data such as habit, habitat etc. Well developed fruit bodies have been photographed. The collections were then wrapped in waxed paper and brought to the laboratory for further study. In the 2019 three more interesting genus viz., Astraeus hygrometricus, Conocybe sp. and Chantharellus subalbidus have been identified on the basis of their taxonomical characters. Among them, Chantharellus subalbidus is the first authentic report from this area. (Link)

   

      Cited this as:  Siddhant, P.O. Ukaogo, Nidhi Singh and Mahesh Kumar (2019):  An addition to the diversity of macro fungi in Tikri Reserved Forest, Gonda (U.P.) India. 11^th Annual Scientific Conference on The role of Fungi in the Petroleum, Agro-allied and Pharmaceutical Industries organized by Mycological Society of Nigeria, Nigeria. October 06-09, 2019. p. 57.

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नमक

 तुम्हारी आंखो के
खारे पानी से
बना नमक
अब मेरी रगों में
बहता है .....
जो तुम पर आंच आए
तो नमक बोल पड़ता है॥
                              

                                      सिद्धान्त
                                     दिसम्बर 09, 2019
                                     प्रातः 9:30 बजे

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वैश्यायें

वैश्यायें
शहर नहीं जातीं,
उल्टे शहर
वैश्याओं के पास
आया करते हैं।
चूंकि,
शहरों को गुमान है.......
तो स्खलन होने तक
निचोड़ी जाती है
 वैश्यायें।
सुबह तड़के ही
शहर लौट जाते हैं
अपनी ठौर....
साफ, स्वच्छ शहर,
वैश्याओं को
नतिकता पढ़ाते हैं ,
कालिख मे सनी वैश्यायें,
न मरती हैं,
न जी ही पाती हैं ॥
                                             सिद्धान्त
                                            सितम्बर 26, 2019
                                            रात्रि 10:00बजे

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Transform papers into food

Eight different kinds of papers, viz., glaze paper, brown paper, news paper, magazine paper, chart paper, kite paper, rough copy paper and A-4 size printing paper and two types of cardboards viz., corrugated cardboard and card board were evaluated for different manifestations of white oyster mushroom Pleurotus florida Strain-P1. Among them news paper was later treated as a control. The mushroom utilized all the substrates for their growth and sporophore formation.  Majority of substrates took almost equal time for spawn run primordial development and fruit bodies maturation. The yield parameters such as yield, biological efficiency, number of mushroom fruit bodies and average weight of sporophores varied among themselves. The crop of mushroom was harvested in three flushes where yield and biological efficiency ranged 190-495 gm, 38-99% for the substrate used. Magazine paper (450 gm; 90%) and card board (495 gm; 99%) produced significant (P=0.05) yield and biological efficiency over control. They also produced significant number of mushroom fruit bodies (56 and 64, respectively). Corrugated cardboard (10.29 gm) was found significant in terms of average weight per sporocarp. The percentage yield of different substrates was also evaluated. Among the substrates, card board contributed 14 % of total mushroom production followed by magazine paper (13%) and news paper (12%). (Link)

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      Siddhant, O.P. Ukaogo, Ruchira Singh and Mahesh Kumar (2019): Transform papers in to food. Joint event on 3rd World Plant Genomics and Plant Science Congress and 4^th World Mycology and Mushroom Congress. Osaka, Japan. July 15-16, 2019. Journal of Plant Physiology and Pathology. 7:53.

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