Mycobiology.  2006 Sep;34(3):131-137. 10.4489/MYCO.2006.34.3.131.

Selection of Superior Strains of Cordyceps militaris with Enhanced Fruiting Body Productivity

• Sung JM
• Park YJ
• Lee JO
• Han SK
• Lee WH
• Choi SK
• Shrestha B

• KMID: 1598818
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4489/MYCO.2006.34.3.131

Abstract

In vitro fruiting bodies were produced from ten different isolates of Cordyceps militaris EFCC C-5736, EFCC C-5941, EFCC C-5976, EFCC C-6040, EFCC C-6849, EFCC C-7268, EFCC C-7342, EFCC C-7992, EFCC C-8027 and EFCC C-8549. Single ascospores were isolated from in vitro grown fruiting bodies and used for fruiting body production in brown rice medium by both intra-strain crossing and out-crossing. Length and dry wt. of stromata grown in vitro were measured. Strains producing highest dry wt. of stromata were selected. Both intra-strain crossings and inter-strain crossings of single ascospore strains were found to produce profuse fruiting bodies of C. militaris.

Keyword

Biological efficiency; Cordyceps militaris; Mating type; Inter-strain crossing; Intra-strain crossing

MeSH Terms

Cordyceps*
Efficiency*
Fruit*