Course

Syllabus

Practical

Students will learn the facilities required for construction of mushroom shed, cultivation room/structure and disinfection, maintenance of aseptic condition. Learn cultivation techniques for oyster mushroom: procurement of mother culture and spawn preparation – sterilization of straw- bed preparation – mushroom seeding – moisture maintenance – harvesting. Learn cultivation techniques for milky mushroom compost preparation and pasteurization – procurement of mother culture and spawn preparation – procurement of casing soil and preparation for production -mushroom seeding – casing with soil and maintenance – harvesting. – Value added processing – Grading, packing – marketing and Cost economics of mushroom culture. Exposure visit to mushroom cultivation units.

Objectives

1. Acquire knowledge on importance of mushrooms and its nutritional value.

2. Facilitate hands on training to the students for the preparation of beds for different varieties of mushroom and spawn production.

3. Understand product diversification, value addition of mushrooms and cost economics of mushroom cultivation.

Course Outcome:

Any student who has undergone the course shall be able to:

Suggested Readings

1. Aggarwal, A., Sharma, Y.P. and Jangra, E. (2021). A Textbook on Mushroom Cultivation: Theory and Practice. Newrays publishing House, New Delhi, India.

2. Pathak,V. N., Yadav, N. and Gaur, M. (2020). Mushroom production and processing Technology. Agribios (India) Ltd., New Delhi, India.

3. Gupta, S., Summuna, B., Gupta, M. and Annepu, S. K., (2018). Edible mushrooms: cultivation, bioactive molecules, and health benefits. Bioact. Mol. Food, 1:1-33.

4. Pandey, V.V., Kumari, A., Kumar, M., Saxena, J., Kainthola, C. and Pandey, A., (2018). Mushroom cultivation: Substantial key to food security. J. Appl. Natural Sci. 10(4):1325-1331.

5. Sarita, S.S., Yadav, K. and Sharma, A.K., (2022). Studies on Standardization of Production Technology of Oyster Mushroom. Eco. Env. Cons. 200-204

6. Shirur, M., Shivalingegowda, N.S., Chandregowda, M.J. and Rana, R.K. (2016). Technological adoption and constraint analysis of mushroom entrepreneurship in Karnataka. Econ. Aff. 61(3):427-436.

7. Thakur, M.P. (2020). Advances in mushroom production: key to food, nutritional and employment security: A review. Indian Phytopathol. 73:377-395.

8. Yaeger, W., Jawed, M., Tauman, D., Ho, P., Ali, A., Gomanie, N.N. and Mehta, K. (2022). September. Modular methods for oyster mushroom cultivation in low-resource settings. In 2022 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC) (pp. 30-37). IEEE.