Indian Journal of Animal Nutrition

UGC CARE (Group 1)
  • Year: 1989
  • Volume: 6
  • Issue: 4

Changes in Composition of Straws on Treatment with Collybia velutipes And Coprinus fimetarius

  • Author:
  • K. Venkatraman, Kishan Singh, B.N. Gupta
  • Total Page Count: 10
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 307 to 316

Dairy Microbiology Division, National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal132001, India

*Dairy Cattle Nutrition Division, National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal132 001, India.

Abstract

In the process of Collybia velutipes and Coprinus fimetarius inoculation at 3, 4 and 5 per cent level to urea-treated barley, oat and rice straws for 30 d, C fimetarius grew faster than C. velutipes on urea-treated straws and degraded more lignln, ADF and NDF and decreased PH as well as DM during the solid substrate fermentation. C. velutipes and C.fimetarius were best suited for 5 per cent urea treated rice straw degrading 34.42 and 40.03 per cent lignin respectively. Rice straw was a better substrate for C. fimetarius and C. velutipes tban the other straws in respect of bioconversion performance.