STUDIED ON THE IMPROVEMENT OF SPAWN PRODUCTION BY SUPPLEMENTATION OF DIFFERENT SUGARS AND ITS SPAWN EFFECTS ON YIELD OF OYSTER MUSHROOMS (Pleurotus djamor)

SATPAL SINGH¹, GOPAL SINGH², SIDDARTH N. RAHUL³*, BHANU PRATAP⁴, SONIKA TYAGI⁵, ANKIT KUMAR⁶, PRIYANKA BANKOTI⁷, RAVI KUMAR PANDEY^8
1Department of Plant Pathology, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut, 250110, Uttar Pradesh, India
²Department of Plant Pathology, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut, 250110, Uttar Pradesh, India
³Department of Plant Pathology, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut, 250110, Uttar Pradesh, India
⁴Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut, 250110, Uttar Pradesh, India
⁵Department of Biotechnology, Meerut Institute of Engineering & Technology, Meerut, 250005, Uttar Pradesh, India
⁶Department of Plant Pathology, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut, 250110, Uttar Pradesh, India
⁷Department of Agronomy, Shri Guru Ram Rai (P.G) Collage Dehradun, 248001, Uttrakhand, India
⁸Department of Extension Education, College of Agriculture, Narendra Deva University of Agriculture & Technology, Narendra Nagar, Kumarganj, Uttar Pradesh, India
* Corresponding Author : sagar4499@gmail.com

Received : 10-11-2016     Accepted : 11-01-2017     Published : 24-01-2017
Volume : 9     Issue : 4       Pages : 3717 - 3720
Int J Agr Sci 9.4 (2017):3717-3720

Keywords : Pleurotus djamor, Mushroom, Spawn, Sugars, Supplements, Yield, Glucose
Academic Editor : Kumar Sudhir, Dwivedi Ashish
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : The authors are thankful to the Head, Division of Plant Pathology, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture & Technology, Meerut- 250110 for providing necessary facilities and the financial grant for conducting the trial
Author Contribution : None declared

Spawn is an essential component of mushroom production and it has a big effect on the sporophores production. During the mushroom session, production of quality spawn in minimum days and availability for planting beds of mushroom is a big challenge for mushroom growers. The present study was conducted with the aim to find out the most favorable sugar for the improvement of spawn quality and production in minimum days and its effect on yield and growth of Oyster mushroom (Pleurotus djamor). In the present Studyfive different sugars viz. Dextrose, Maltose, Starch, Sucrose and Glucose were mixed as a supplement with wheat grain for spawn production and effects of its spawn on the yield of sporophores and growth of Pleurotus djamor were also observed. The results obtained during the present investigation, in the spawn production maximum mycelial growth (98.00 mm) was found in glucose on 20th days and the mycelium was thick then others while in case of sporophores production maximum yield (613.33g/Kg of dry substrate with 61.33% B.E.) and minimum days for first harvesting (23.00 days) were observed in glucose spawn. Based on the results obtained, for production of Pleurotus djamor spawn and sporophores yield, glucose would be recommended most effective sugar for spawn and sporophores production useas supplement in Wheat grain.