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Issue No:8 Vol.4 |
june -2011 |
ISSN: 0974-5645 |
| RESEARCH ARTICLES |
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| 14. Fungal degradation of paddy straw for enhancing biogas production. Urmila Gupta Phutela, Nidhi Sahni and Sarbjit Singh Sooch. Indian J.Sci.Technol. Vol.4, Issue 6, pp: 660-665. |
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- Abstract
Fungal mediated degradation of chopped and moist paddy straw (3-4cm) was investigated using Trichoderma
reesei MTCC 164 and Coriolus versicolor MTCC 138 at different time intervals. The pre-treated paddy straw was in
turn used for biogas production. Paddy straw pretreated with T. reesei MTCC 164 showed 20.8% enhanced biogas
production and a maximum of 30% silica was removed after 25 days treatment. The paddy straw treated with C.
versicolor MTCC 138 showed 26.2% enhanced biogas production with a maximum of 19.1 and 32.5% reduction in
lignin and silica content respectively. Results regarding change in proximate and chemical composition of T. reesei
MTCC 164 and C. versicolor MTCC 138 pretreated straw indicate that both these fungi might be the potential
organisms for silica degradation.
- Keywords: Paddy straw, biogas, agri-waste, fungal degradation, lignin, silica.
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