Mushroom: A Nutritive Food & its Cultivation
by Nisha Patil, SG Borkar
ISBN: 9789351241270
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Imprint : DAYA
Year : 2021
Price : Rs. 8495.00
Biblio : xiv+220p.,col.plts.,figs.,tabls.,ref.,ind., 25 cm
Author Profile
Prof. Suresh Borkar was borne on 7th July, 1956 in Bhandara district in Maharashtra state, India. Obtained B. Sc. (Agril) degree from Dr. Punjab rao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola, Maharashtra in 1977; M.Sc. from IARI, New Delhi in 1979; Ph. D. from IARI, New Delhi in 1983; Post Doctorate from INRA, France in 1984 and D. Sc. from University of Washington, U. S. A. in 1999 in the subject of Plant Pathology.
After returning from France, joined as Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology in 1985
About The Book
About the book
The book “Mushroom: A Nutritive Food and its Cultivation” encompasses 12 chapters which includes basic knowledge about mushroom and its structural morphology, their nutritional and medicinal values, types of edible mushroom which are commercially exploited and yet to be exploited. Most important chapter is on poisonous mushroom, their different types with characteristics and images, mushroom poisoning, clinical symptomology, mushroom toxins, symptomology based antidotes and manag
Table of Contents
Acknowledgement
Foreword
Preface
1. Introduction to Mushroom 1 <br/>
2. Nutritional and Medicinal Values of Mushrooms 5 <br/>
3. Morphology and Classification 9 <br/>
4. Edible Mushrooms 24 <br/>
5. Poisonous Mushrooms 39 <br/>
6. Mushroom: Global and National Scenario 56 <br/>
7. Mushroom Farm Design 62 <br/>
9. Commercial Mushroom Production 73 <br/>
10. Mushroom Diseases, Competitor Moulds and their Management 104 <br/>
11. Post Harvest Handling and Processing 115 <br/>
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