1Centre for Conservation and Utilisation of Blue Green Algae, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, 110012, India
2Department of Botany, Bareilly college, M.J.P Rohilkhand, University, Bareilly, 243006, India
3Department of Cell Biology, College of Biotechnology, SVP University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut, 250110, India
Online published on 7 April, 2016.
Four cyanobacterial genera namely Oscillatoria, Lyngbya, Anabaena and Microchaete isolated from paddy fields of Uttar Pradesh were used in the study. Increase in light intensity enhanced pigment production in general; however the effect of varying temperature and CO2 concentration was variable for pigment production. Production of pigments under optimised conditions in selected cyanobacterial genera may be used in biotechnological applications.
Cyanobacteria, pigments, enhancements, cultural manipulations
