DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY

CERTIFICATE COURSE IN MUSHROOM FARMING TECHNOLOGY

Unit: I Cultivation System and Farm design

Mushroom cultivation system- Home unit and commercial unit. Mushroom farm layout- location of building plot, Design of farm, bulk chamber, composting platform, Equipments & facilities ,

Pasteurization room & growing rooms, World scenario of mushroom farms.

Unit: II Mushroom growth substrates

Mushroom growth, Types of grows media, Principles of composting, Machinery required for compost making, Materials for compost preparation. Methods of Composting- Long method of composting (LMC)

& Short method of composting (SMC).

Unit: III Spawn

Facilities required for spawn preparation, Preparation of spawn substrate, preparation of pure culture,

Media used in raising pure culture, Culture maintenance, Storage of spawn. Packing and Transport methods, Commercial types of spawns.

Unit: IV Casting materials

Importance of casing mixture, Quality parameters of casing soil, different types of casing mixtures,

commonly used materials. Preparation of casting material, importance of physicochemical properties.

Unit: V Cultivation of Paddy Straw Mushrooms

Introduction to paddy straw mushroom, Collection of raw materials, Compost & composting, Spawn & spawning, Casing & case run, Croping & crop management, Picking & packing. Bioeconomic

perspectives. Field visits

Reference Books

1.Mushroom Production and Processing Technology, Pathak Yadav Gour (2010) Published by Agrobios (India).

2. A hand book of edible mushroom, S.Kannaiyan& K.Ramasamy (1980). Today & Tomorrows printers & publishers, New Delhi

Theory / Lecture Hours: 20.0 hrs Practical / Tutorial:12.0 hrs

Total Hours: 32.0 hrs