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Mass production of
entomopathogenic fungi using agricultural products and by
products
K. Sahayaraj and S.
Karthick Raja Namasivayam
Crop
Protection Research Centre, St.Xavier’s College,
Palayamkottai 627002, Tamil Nadu, Department of
Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, SRM University Ram, Apuram
campus, Chennai 89, India.
*Corresponding author. E-mail:
skrn.microbiol@gmail.com.
Accepted
8 January, 2008 |
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Various agricultural products and by products such as grains,
vegetable wastes, seeds, rice husk, saw dust and liquid
media such as coconut water, rice and wheat washed water and
rice cooked water were evaluated for mass production of
three entomopathogenic fungi; Beauveria bassiana, (Bals.)
Vuil. Paecilomyces fumosoroseus (Wize) Brown and
Smith and Verticillium lecanii. (Zimm) Viegas.
Among the grains, wheat supported maximum spore production
for B. bassiana while sorghum recorded maximum spore
production in P. fumosoroseus and V. lecanii.
Similarly carrot, jack seeds and ladies finger also
supported good growth and sporulation of all the three
tested fungi. Coconut water supported maximum growth and
sporulation.
Key
words:
Entomopathogenic fungi, mass production, agricultural
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