Vol. 12, Issue 7 (2023)

Author(s):
Ananya Rao, Chetana Jangde and Raut Ravindra Sunderrao

Abstract:
Ten strains of Pleurotus pulmonarius were evaluated on paddy straw and wheat straw substrate for their yield and biological efficiency. Variation in time duration was observed (for spawn run, time to express pin heads) and biological efficiency when strains of Pleurotus pulmonarius were evaluated on paddy and wheat substrates. Strain PP-21-03 and PP-21-04 and took 17.5 days and 13.2 days for spawn run on paddy and wheat straw respectively. On paddy straw pin heads were expressed early by PP-21-10 (5.5 days) where as two strains PP-21-05 and PP-21-09 expressed early pin heads in (4.1 days) on wheat straw. Strain PP-21-01 was identified as potential isolate as it expressed highest yield (1082.4 g) expressing 108.24% BE when evaluated on Paddy straw. On wheat straw strain PP-21-10 expressed highest yield (857.56 g) expressing 85.75% BE.