MUSHROOM CULTIVATION
Event Date : 22/12/2021
METHODOLOGY OF MUSHROOM CULTIVATION
- Initially Sir have explained about the raw material required for the cultivation like paddy straw
- He demonstrated different types of sterilization techniques such as chemical as well as heating sterilization techniques.
- He explained different types of Mushroom species suitable for different seasons.
- He demonstrated the different phases of mushroom cultivation
- He explained about pathology in Mushroom cultivation
- He explained about the temperature and all physical parameters which influence the growth of mushrooms.
- Finally, he demonstrated the procedure to harvest the Mushrooms.
HANDS ON TRAINING:
- In afternoon session students and faculty involved in preparation of culture room
- Sterilization of culture room with 10% Formaldehyde or Isopropyle alcohol
- Paddy straw is sterilized with alcohol of bawastene
- After sterilization poly propylene bags are filled with sterilized paddy straw
- straw and the spawn are kept in polythene bags in sequential layers
- Spawn filled bags are kept in sterilized culture room
- Incubation period is 21 days at 30 degrees in dark for vegetative growth after that clay soil is sterilized and is ready to keep it in bags for fruiting bodies