1Ph.D. Research Scholar (Senior Research Fellow, UGC–BSR), Centre of Advanced Study in Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Sciences, Annamalai University, Parangipettai, Cuddalore dt, Tamilnadu, India
2Professor Emeritus (UGC–BSR Faculty Fellow), Centre of Advanced Study in Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Sciences, Annamalai University, Parangipettai, Cuddalore dt, Tamilnadu, India
*(Corresponding author) email id: kathiresan57@gmail.com
This work attempted the mass multiplication of Trichoderma strains on three different wastes of agriculture, synthetic and marine origin, individually as substrates. Three different strains of Trichoderma (NPK2, NPK3 and NPK4) were isolated from the rhizosphere soil of Rhizophoraannamalayana at Pichavaram mangrove forest, southeast coast of India, and were tested for biomass production. All the fungal strains exhibited high biomass, when oil cake was used as substrate. The biomass production was achieved maximum (17.65 g) in NPK2 when cultured on oil cake, and the biomass was twofold higher on oilcake, than that on woodchips. Similarly the biomass was 81% higher in NPK4 cultured on SDS medium as compared with CDB medium, whereas it was 38% higher in NPK3 cultured on crab shell than on shrimp shell. This paper suggests among various agro, synthetic and marine waste products tested, the oil cake is an ideal substrate for biomass production of Trichoderma for its utilisation.
Trichoderma, Mangroves, Oil cake, Jaggery, biomass
