A STUDY OF POLLUTANT DISPERSAL IN URBAN TERRAINS by MANJU KUMARI Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements of the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Centre for Atmospheric and Fluids Sciences INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, DELHI Hauz Khas, New Delhi-110016 April 1986 T. DELHI,..18RAIRY UTILIZATION OF AGRO-RESIDUES THROUGH CULTIVATION OF MUSHROOM Pleurotus sajor-caju (Fr.) SINGER BY RAGINI BISARIA THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, DELHI FOR THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY CENTRE FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, DELHI NEW DELHI -110016 OCTOBER 1984 CERTIFICATE This is to certify that the thesis entitled "Utilization of Agra-residues Through Cultivation of Mushroom Pleurotus sIc/r71-caju (Fr.) Singer" submitted. by Mrs. Ragini Bisaria has been prepared under our supervision in conformity with the rules and regulations of Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. The research report and results presented in the thesis have not been submitted for any- degree in any other University/Institution. Ntk.h.a ivtoJaipv (S.N.Mukhopadhyay)(Mira Madan) ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I express my deep sense of gratitude to my worthy teacher Dr. (Mrs.) Mira Madan of Centre for Rural Development and Appropriate Technology, IIT Delhi for her expert guidance, stimulating discussions, constructive criticism and inspiring encouragement throughout the course of the present investigation. I am also thankful to my other supervisor, Dr. S.N. Mukhopadhyay of Biochemical Engineering Research Centre, IIT Delhi for his guidance and valuable suggestions. My sincere thanks are also due to Prof. S.V.Patwardhan and Prof. (Mrs.) Padma Vasudevan for their keen interest in my work any' fcr their extending all possible laboratory facilities to facilitate my research. I am also thankful to my colleagues Mr. G.S.Gujral and Mr. G. Giridhar for their cooperation and time to time help. My thanks are also due to all faculty members and colleagues of the Centre for their help and cooperation. Acknowledgements are also due to Prof. H.Sahm and Dr. L.Eggeling of Institute of Biotechnology, KFA-Julich, FRG, who were kind enough to get the amino acid analysis of some samples done in their laboratory. P•ZO tsj (Ragini Bisaria) CONTENTS Chapter - 1 : Introduction and Objective1 Chapter - 2 : Literature Survey14 Chapter - 3 : Materials and Methods... 56 Chapter - 4 : Results ... 83 Chapter - 5 : Discussion ...147 Chapter - 6 : Transfer of Technology...173 and Economics of Mushroom Cultivation Chapter - 7 : Summary and Conclusions...176 References ...183