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

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  • 1Department of Applied Biology and Entomopathogenic Fungal Culture Collection (EFCC), Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 200-701, Korea. jmsung@kangwon.ac.kr

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*
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