Mycobiology.
2005 Mar;33(1):19-22. 10.4489/MYCO.2005.33.1.019.
Effect of 'Azotobacter' Bioinoculant on the Growth and Substrate Utilization Potential of Pleurotus eous Seed Spawn
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- 1Research Centre in Botany, Thiagarajar College (Autonomous), Madurai-625 009, India. eyini@eth.net
- 2Department of Microbiology, VHNSN College, Virudhungar-626 001, India.
- KMID: 2052860
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.4489/MYCO.2005.33.1.019
Abstract
- We investigated the effect of nitrogen fixing Azotobacter bioinoculant on the mycelial growth and the rate of substrate utilization by Pleurotus eous. The synergistic or antagonistic role of the microorganism during dual culturing with the mushroom or the competitor molds Trichoderma viride, and Trichoderma reesi was studied. Azotobacter was inhibitory to the molds, which are competitive to the mushroom in the seed spawn substrate, but was synergistic towards the mushroom. The growth, substrate utilization potential as total nitrogen content and cellulase enzyme activities of the mushroom in the seed spawn substrate were also enhanced in the presence of the bioinoculant at lower inoculum concentrations, upto 5 ml broth culture per spawn bottle.
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