Problems of Fungal Contaminants and Cultivation Strategies of Certain Medicinal Mushrooms

Mishra, Rashmi

doi:10.1007/978-981-16-6257-7_24

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“…This result thus shows that Agaricus bisporus is vulnerable to fungal contaminations, in particular, that of Aspergillus. These results confirm the work in previous literatures (Dandge, 2012;Kertesz and Thai, 2018;Adhikari and Jha, 2020;Wang et al, 2020;Mishra, 2022) wherein reported that these fungal species are the major contaminants of Agaricus bisporus.…”

Section: Postharvest Mycobial Contaminantssupporting

confidence: 93%

Postharvest mycobial contaminants of white button mushroom (Agaricus bisporus) and their management using plant essential oils

ADHİKARİ,

JHA

2023

International Journal of Agriculture Environment and Food Sciences

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Being highly perishable, mushrooms’ quality and shelf life is affected by various factors during postharvest conditions, among which fungal contamination is the main cause. The goal of this study is to identify and manage fungal contaminants present in mushrooms during postharvest conditions. A total of 23 fungi were isolated as contaminants from the samples of Agaricus bisporus collected from three major vegetable markets in Kathmandu city, Nepal. Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus flavus, and Rhizopus stolonifer were found to be the most frequent fungal contaminants. These were treated with various concentrations of essential oils (EOs) of Cinnamomum tamala, Mentha spicata, Zanthoxylum armatum, and Eucalyptus citriodora using poisoned food technique. Significant (p<0.05) inhibition of mycelial growth and spore germination was found in all testedfungi by all EOs. A strong inhibitory action of M. spicata oil was recorded against A. flavus and R. stolonifer while, A. niger was best controlled by C. tamala oil at the concentration of 20 µl/ml. These results suggest that EOs of three tested plants could be a good alternative to control fungal contaminants and extend the shelf life of Agaricus bisporus in postharvest conditions.

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Section: Postharvest Mycobial Contaminantssupporting

confidence: 93%