{Reference Type}: Journal Article
{Author}: Panjikkaran, S. T.; Mathew, D.
{Year}: 2013
{Title}: An environmentally friendly and cost effective technique for the commercial cultivation of oyster mushroom [Pleurotus florida (Mont.) Singer]
{URL}: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=22886527&query_hl=1
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{Journal}: J Sci Food Agric
{Volume}: 93
{Issue}: 4
{Pages}: 973-6
{DOI}: 10.1002/jsfa.5827
{Date Displayed}: 2013 Mar 15
{Date}: 2013-03-15
{Type of Work}: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
{Original Publication}: (c) 2012 Society of Chemical Industry.
{Accession Number}: 22886527
{Abstract}: BACKGROUND: The existing protocol for the cultivation of oyster mushroom (Pleurotus florida) in polyethylene bags leads to environmental pollution amounting to 18 g of polyethylene per 450 g of mushroom, which is the average biological efficiency achieved from a bag. Thus the projected annual global pollution amounts to 2 million tones, corresponding to the production of 48 million tones. Experiments were conducted at Kerala Agricultural University, India, to formulate an oyster mushroom cultivation strategy that reduces this pollution level. RESULTS: Pooled results of experiments at the institute's and farmers' units have shown that reusable plastic buckets having perforations of 1.5 cm x 1.0 cm throughout the side walls could be used to substitute polyethylene bags, while following the standard cultivation protocols. Cultivation in perforated buckets has recorded a biological efficiency of 435.69   +/- 56.75 g in 47.07 +/- 5.22 days against 459.11 +/- 53.52 g in 38.05 +/- 4.54 days in polyethylene bags. The rate of contamination in buckets was significantly lower than that in bags: 9.28 +/- 2.12 and 12.60 +/- 3.73% respectively. CONCLUSION: Reusable plastic buckets with perforations on the side walls could be used to substitute the conventional polyethylene bags in oyster mushroom cultivation, with no significant difference in yield. Losses due to slight increase in crop duration in buckets will be compensated with a lower rate of contamination. For a unit having a daily output of 100 kg, it was estimated that   during 10 years of permanent cultivation following this technique, the cost of cultivation could be reduced to one-tenth and the environmental pollution reduced by at least 730 000 non-degradable polyethylene bags.
{Author Address}: Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Kerala Agricultural University, Tavanur, Malappuram District, Kerala State, India.
{Language}: eng

{Reference Type}: Journal Article
{Author}: Hu, S. H.; Wu, C. Y.; Chen, Y. K.; Wang, J. C.; Chang, S. J.
{Year}: 2013
{Title}: Effect of Light and Atmosphere on the Cultivation of the Golden Oyster Culinary-Medicinal Mushroom, Pleurotus citrinopileatus (Higher Basidiomycetes)
{URL}: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=23510289&query_hl=1
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{Journal}: Int J Med Mushrooms
{Volume}: 15
{Issue}: 1
{Pages}: 101-11
{Date Displayed}: 2013
{Date}: 2013-01-20
{Type of Work}: Journal Article
{Accession Number}: 23510289
{Abstract}: With an aim to explore the productivity and quality of the fruiting body of culinary-medicinal golden oyster mushroom Pleurotus citrinopileatus, the carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration of the ambient atmosphere was adjusted and a light-emitting diode panel was used to illuminate the colonized mycelium at different wavelengths. Biological efficiency and yield were higher at CO2 levels   of 0.05 and 0.1% than other tested CO2 levels, and the mature fruiting body showed the highest yellow value at a CO2 level of 0.1% (of all tested CO2 levels). The highest biological efficiency and yield was obtained at the 720-nm wavelength. The ergosterol content of the pileus of the fruiting body was higher   than that of the stipe in any flush time at a 720-nm wavelength of light and a CO2 concentration of 0.1%. The decreased percentages of cellulose and lignin at the appearance of primordia were larger than those of mycelial growth duration. The fruiting quality of P. citrinopileatus might thus be enhanced by 720-nm illumination and an atmosphere with a CO2 concentration of 0.1 to 0.15%.
{Author Address}: Faculty of Biomedical Laboratory Science, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 807; and Department of Life Science, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, 701.
{Language}: eng

{Reference Type}: Journal Article
{Author}: Hyun, Sun-Hee; Lee, Seok-Young; Park, Shin Jung; Kim, Da Yeon; Chun, Young-Jin; Sung, Gi-Ho; Kim, Seong Hwan; Choi, Hyung-Kyoon
{Year}: 2013
{Title}: Alteration of Media Composition and Light Conditions Change Morphology, Metabolic Profile, and Beauvericin Biosynthesis in Cordyceps bassiana Mycelium
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{Journal}: JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
{Volume}: 23
{Issue}: 1
{Pages}: 47-55
{ISBN/ISSN}: 1017-7825
{Keywords}: ENTOMOPATHOGENIC FUNGI; FRUITING BODY; LC-MS/MS; POLYSACCHARIDE; IDENTIFICATION; METARHIZIUM; TELEOMORPH; DISCOVERY; ENNIATINS; SINENSIS; Cordyceps bassiana; mycelium; cultivation condition; metabolic characterization; mass spectrometry
{Abstract}: Metabolic alterations of Cordyceps bassiana mycelium were investigated under the following culture medium and light conditions: dextrose agar supplemented with 0.5% yeast extract (SDAY) medium with light (SL), SDAY medium without light (SD), nut medium without light (ND), and iron-supplemented SDAY medium without light (FD). The levels of asparagine, aspartic acid, glutamic acid, glutamine, histidine, lysine, ornithine, and proline were significantly higher under SD and SL conditions. The levels of most of the alcohols, saturated fatty acids, unsaturated fatty acids, fatty acid esters, sterols, and terpenes were higher under the ND condition than in the other conditions, but beauvericin was not detectable under the ND condition. The FD condition was favorable for the enhanced production of aminomalonic acid, malic acid, mannonic acid, and erythritol. Thus, the metabolic characteristics of C. bassiana can be manipulated by varying the cultivation conditions, rendering this fungus potentially favorable as a nutraceutical and medicinal resource.
{Author Address}: Chung Ang Univ, Coll Pharm, Seoul 156756, South Korea; Chung Ang Univ, Coll Pharm, Seoul 156756, South Korea; Chung Ang Univ, Coll Pharm, Seoul 156756, South Korea; Chung Ang Univ, Coll Pharm, Seoul 156756, South Korea; Chung Ang Univ, Coll Pharm, Seoul 156756, South Korea; Natl Inst Hort & Herbal Sci, RDA, Mushroom Res Div, Dept Herbal Crop Res, Suwon 441707, South Korea; Dankook Univ, Dept Microbiol, Cheonan 330714, South Korea; Chung Ang Univ, Coll Pharm, Seoul 156756, South Korea
{Database Provider}: Web of Science SCI
{Language}: English
{Country}: South Korea; South Korea; South Korea