Agricultural Technology

The technology involves the growth of white rot fungi on moist chaffed ragi straw without any pretreatment for the prescribed duration in days at a particular moisture level, pH and temperature. Depending upon cost and availability several other straws /agro-industrial residues could also be used as substrate. The solid substrate not only supplies the nutrients to the microbial culture growing in it but also serves as an anchorage for the cells. It will be possible to improve the nutritional quality of the available crop residues, forages and roughages and increase their utilization for livestock production by making available the vast energy potential locked in their ligno-cellulosic bonds. Effective and complete utilization of these available feed resources for ruminants will increase productivity. It will be possible to improve the nutritional quality of the available crop residues, forages and roughages and increase their utilization for livestock production by making available the vast energy potential locked in their ligno-cellulosic bonds. Effective and complete utilization of these available feed resources for ruminants will increase productivity.