Two oyster mushroom varieties MDU 1 and MDU 2 were released during the years 1997 and 2000 respectively.
Management of Papaya stem rot / foot rot : Soil application of VAM @ 10kg /ha + neem cake 150 kg/ ha as basal + soil application Trichoderma viride @ 5kg /ha 30 DAP + soil application of Pseudomonas fluorescens @ 2.5kg /ha 60 DAP recorded the lowest disease incidence of papaya foot rot/ stem rot (8.79%) with maximum disease reduction of 86.48 per cent over control.
Management of Jasmine (Jasminum sambac Aiton) leaf blight caused by Alternaria jasmine: Spraying of Pseudomonas fluorescens Pf3 (0.2%) recorded the maximum leaf blight disease reduction of 74.54 per cent. It also recorded the highest yield of 127.56 kg/15 cents (flower buds produced for 45 days) as against the control which recorded the yield of 85.47 kg / 15 cents.
Management of Anthracnose of common beans using Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria : Seed treatment with Pseudomonas fluorescens (PNRG1) + Bacillus subtilis (BMACG1)@10g each/kg of seed + foliar application of both @ 0.2% recorded minimum anthracnose disease intensities of 6.08 and 5.31 per cent in the field trials conducted as against 40.78 and 41.30 in controls, respectively. The above treatment also recorded a significantly higher pod yield of 9.21 and 9.23 tonnes/ha as against 8.0 and 7.6 tonnes/ha in control respectively.
Strategies for enhancing yield efficiency in Oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ) :Supplementation of paddy straw beds with cotton seed cake (4%) (organic) boosted the oyster mushroom yield.
