Vol. 12, Issue 7 (2023)

Author(s):
Irfan Javaid, Shaheen Kauser Jan, Farooq Ahmad Bhat, Fehim Jeelani Wani, Zahoor Ahmad Baba, Mohd Ayoob Mantoo, Mohd Ashraf Rather and Saima Akhter

Abstract:
Strains of C. militaris Indian and Japanese procured from Himalaya Cordyceps farming Noida New Delhi were used throughout the study. The fungus was maintained in Petri-plates using PDA as growth medium. Among the various liquid media tested for spawn production, the mycelial growth of Indian strain of C. militaris was significantly found more on JYB (0.94 g) followed by JSPYB (0.867 g. Temperature study revealed that the highest growth for Indian strain was recorded (1.670 g) at 20 days when incubated at 20 ℃ and least was recorded (0.750 g) after 10 days at 20 ℃. However, the highest growth for Japanese strain was recorded (2.298 g) at 20 days when incubated at 20 ℃ and least was recorded (1.324) after 10 days at 20 ℃. Mycelial growth for both of Indian and Japanese strains was ceased at 30 ℃.