Different concentrations of asafoetida extract were added to the medium of Pleurotus ferulic and the effects of the extract on growth of P. ferulic mycelium and fruiting bodies was observed. As the amount of asafoetida extract additive was increased, the growth of Pleurotus mycelium was faster, the time formation of buds was shorter and that yield of fruiting bodies was stimulated. However, ove...

wheat stubble (ws) and date palm leaf (dpl) were inoculated with pleurotus florida where in a completely randomized experiment, seven treatments including: 1)untreated ws (utws); 2) fungal treated ws at mycelial running stage (mtws); 3) fungal treated ws after first harvesting of mushroom (ftws1); 4) fungal treated ws after second harvesting of mushroom (ftws2); 5) untreated dpl (udpl); 6) fung...

this study was conducted to investigate the effect of biological treatment withpleurotus floridafungi on chemical composition and rumen dry matter (dm) and organic matter (om) degradability of wheat and barley straw. wheat and barley straw were collected from golestan province of iran and after pasteurization mixed with fungi spawn (than 5% by weight). after 21 days samples were dried in oven (...

A survey was conducted to monitor the influence of city sewage irrigation on the heavy metal build up in soils around Bhopal. Concentration of the heavy metals in effluent was within safe limits. Diethylene triamine penta acetic acid extractable Pb, Cd, Ni, Co, Cr, Fe, Mn, Zn and Cu in the sewage irrigated surface soil ranged 3.5-6.8, 0.15-0.40, 2.56-5.58, 1.59-3.89, 0.45-0.55, 3.5-15.8, 3.6-8....