FUNGAL DEGRADATION STUDIES ON Bambusa tulda AND Dendrocalamus hamiltonii AT VARYING MATURITY

NAGARAJ HEGDE¹*, KANCHAN RAWAT², ROSY LALCHANDAMI³, H. VANLALRHUAII^4
1Department of Forestry, Mizoram University, Tanhril, Aizawl, 796004
²Department of Forestry, Mizoram University, Tanhril, Aizawl, 796004
³Department of Forestry, Mizoram University, Tanhril, Aizawl, 796004
⁴Department of Forestry, Mizoram University, Tanhril, Aizawl, 796004
* Corresponding Author : nagarajfri@gmail.com

Received : 20-07-2017     Accepted : 25-07-2017     Published : 12-08-2017
Volume : 9     Issue : 37       Pages : 4566 - 4568
Int J Agr Sci 9.37 (2017):4566-4568

Keywords : White rot, Soft rot, Decay fungi, Fungal degradation
Academic Editor : Dr Ajay Kumar Khare, Dr Pempa Lamu Bhutia
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to the Head, Department of forestry, Mizoram University, Aizawl for providing laboratory facilities to carry out the research. Sincere thanks are also due to the Director, ARCBR, Aizawl for providing bamboo culms of different age groups
Author Contribution : : All authors have equally contributed

Bamboo is the backbone of North East India. It is well known that bamboo is attacked by various groups of decay causing fungi. In the present study, resistance of Bambusa tulda and Dendrocalamus hamiltonii against Fusarium proliferatum (Soft rot fungi) and Schizophyllum commune (White rot fungi) were studied at varying stages of bamboo maturity. Three age groups of bamboo (1, 3 and 5 years) were used to test the resistance against the decay fungi. The results revealed that weight loss caused due to fungal degradation decreased significantly with age in both the test fungi. However, Schizophyllum commune caused greater weight loss compared to the Fusarium proliferatum in both the species of bamboo.

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