Mushroom Cultivation in India
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Mushroom Cultivation in India

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Mushroom Cultivation in India

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About This Book

It is generally realized that there is an acute shortage of literature on mushroom cultivation based on the requirements of the growers in our country. Therefore the present book has been written keeping those factors in view and the book shows a great variety of cheap and useless materials, eg agricultural, industrial and forest waste, that can be successfully used as media for growing the various edible mushrooms. The book emphasizes mainly on the applied (cultivation) aspect of edible mushroom and is intended for anyone who is interested in edible mushroom the experience mushroom specialists; seasonal commercial grower or simply layman. The aim or writing this book, is that it will encourage and stimulate further research on all aspect of edible mushroom with special attention directed towards discovering new edible species and improving both the quality the yield of existing ones. This would eventually lead to their mass production accompanied by reduction in cost, ultimately bringing this commodity with in the reach of common man.

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Publisher
Daya Publishing House
Year
2021
ISBN
9789351300212
Topic
Biological Sciences
Subtopic
Horticulture
Index
Biological Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Preface
  2. 1. Introduction
  3. 2. Global Status of Mushroom Production
  4. 3. Importance of Mushroom
  5. 4. History of Mushroom Cultivation in India
  6. 5. Food Value of Mushrooms
  7. 6. Steps in Mushroom Growing
  8. (i) Selection of site and types of mushroom to be grown
  9. (ii) Mushroom farm structure, design and layout
  10. (iii) Principles and techniques of compost and composting
  11. (iv) Principles and techniques of spawn production
  12. (v) Casing and crop production
  13. (vi) Environmental crop management
  14. (vii) Harvesting and marketing
  15. 7. Cultivation Technology of Specialty Mushrooms
  16. (i) Agaricus bitorquis
  17. (ii) Pleurotus species
  18. (iii) Paddy straw mushroom
  19. (iv) Calocybe indica
  20. (v) Lentinula edodes
  21. (vi) Flammulina velutipes
  22. (vii) Agrocybe aegerita
  23. (viii) Auricularia species
  24. 8. Pests and Pathogens of Mushrooms
  25. 9. Post Harvest Handling and Preservation of Mushrooms
  26. 10. Mushroom Poisoning
  27. Bibliography
  28. Index