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Cultivation of Saprobic Basidiomycetes (Bjerkandera adusta, Phlebiopsis gigantea and Sistotrema brinkmannii) Using Different Biological Waste Substrates Cover

Cultivation of Saprobic Basidiomycetes (Bjerkandera adusta, Phlebiopsis gigantea and Sistotrema brinkmannii) Using Different Biological Waste Substrates

Open Access
|Sep 2023

Abstract

Development of new biological preparations to control Heterobasidion root rot is a complex process, but when a potential antagonist is identified, cultivation of the fungus is required. In this study, five different substrates (deciduous sawdust, coniferous sawdust, rye bran, straw and corn kernels) were tested as substrates for the cultivation of three fungal species: Bjerkandera adusta, Phlebiopsis gigantea, and Sistotrema brinkmannii, which could be potentially used against Heterobasidion spp. Mycelial growth was evaluated visually, and oidia production was estimated microscopically. In the straw substrate, P. gigantea produced significantly more (p < 0.05) oidia compared to the other substrates. In addition, oidia production at two different incubation temperatures were compared. As a result, the best substrate for cultivation of all three fungal species was coniferous sawdust.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/prolas-2023-0040 | Journal eISSN: 2255-890X | Journal ISSN: 1407-009X
Language: English
Page range: 204 - 210
Submitted on: Apr 11, 2022
Accepted on: Jun 19, 2023
Published on: Sep 28, 2023
Published by: Latvian Academy of Sciences
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 6 issues per year

© 2023 Natālija Burņeviča, Dārta Kļaviņa, Laima Ciseļonoka, Dainis E. Runģis, Tālis Gaitnieks, published by Latvian Academy of Sciences
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