*CCS, Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar (Haryana)
Department of Plant Pathology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana-141004
National Symposium on “Plant Pathology in the Changing Global Scenario” held at National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, New Delhi on February 27–28, 2009
Composting of mushroom is a very systematic approach. During phase-I thermophilic microorganisms play an important role in decomposition of the base material and the activator thereby increasing the temperature of compost pile. During phase-II, compost when inoculated with thermophilic fungi viz. Humicola insolens and Scytalidium thermophilum alone and in combination increased the temperature during pasteurization and conditioning when compared with control thus were responsible for faster decomposition.
