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Preface

Forword

1. INTRODUCTION
2. HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT
3. NUTRITIONAL AND MEDICINAL VALUES OF MUSHROOM
4. MUSHROOM PRODUCTION AND EXPORT
5. IDENTIFICATION OF MUSHROOMS
6. EDIBLE AND POISONOUS MUSHROOMS
7. NATURALLY GROWING MUSHROOMS, THEIR COLLECTION AND MARKETING
8. MORPHOLOGY OF MUSHROOMS
9. MUSHROOM BIOLOGY
10. MUSHROOM GENETICS AND BREEDING
11. MUSHROOM CULTURE TECHNIQUES, THEIR PRESERVATION AND MAINTENANCE
12. MUSHROOM  SPAWN PRODUCTION TECHNIQUE
13. ROLE OF ENZYMES IN MUSHROOM PRODUCTION
14. RECYCLING OF SPENT MUSHROOM SUBSTRATE
15. COMPOST PREPARATION FOR WHITE BUTTON MUSHROOM
16. STEPS IN MUSHROOM GROWING
17. CULTIVATION OF WHITE BUTTON MUSHROOM (Agaricus bisporus)
18. CULTIVATION OF OYSTER MUSHROOM (Pleurotus spp.)
19. CULTIVATION OF PADDY STRAW MUSHROOM (Volvariella spp.)
20. CULTIVATION OF MILKY MUSHROOM (Calocybe indica)
21. CULTIVATION OF SPECIALITY MUSHROOMS 
22. FACTORS INFLUENCING GROWTH AND YIELD OF MUSHROOMS
23. MUSHROOM CROP STANDARDS
24. PESTS, MITES AND THEIR MANAGEMENT
25. PHYTONEMATODE PESTS OF MUSHROOM
26. MAJOR DISEASES AND THEIR MANAGEMENT
27. ECONOMICS OF MUSHROOM CULTIVATION
28. RECIPIES OF MUSHROOM
29. PROCESSING AND VALUE ADDITION OF MUSHROOM
30. HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT ON MUSHROOM CULTIVATION
31. ANCILLORY  INFORMATIONS

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We are very happy to learn that mushroom production in India has been proved to be a very important activity to ensure food, nutrition and employment security and also in  transforming rural economy  through generation of income in rural, semi urban  as well as urban areas. The global production of mushroom from 60,000 tons in 1978 has reached to about 40 million tons in 2019-2020. Similarly, the production of different mushrooms in India from 6,000 tons in 1975 has been enhanced to 1.80 lakh tons in 2019-2020. There are many states in India which are contributing in production of different mushrooms. India is still dominated by the production of only 4-5 mushroom species viz., Agaricus bisporus, Pleurotus spp., Volvariella volvacea, Calocybe indica and Lentinula edodes. The major production of  white button mushroom in India is from Punjab, Haryana, Gujarat Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh which contributes for about 73% of the total mushroom production followed by 16% of oyster mushroom production (Odisha, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal), 7% paddy straw mushroom (Odisha, Haryana, Delhi) and 3% milky mushroom production (Tamil Nadu, Uttrakhand). The production could have been enhanced due to the awareness created in popularising the nutritional & medicinal values of mushrooms, the production technology of different mushrooms standardised through AICRPs on Mushroom located in different parts of the country, mass training programmes imparted/demonstrations organised under various programmes,  showcasing of  mushroom technology and mushroom products  in  National Mushroom Mela at Solan (H.P.), Kisan Mela, Kisan Gosthi, National Workshops/Seminars,  International Conferences etc.

Various aspects of mushroom growing and covering all aspects including history, identification, biology, factors affecting growth, mushroom spawn production, mushroom types, crop improvement, crop protection, diseases, pests and general problems being encountered during mushroom cultivation have been addressed in the proposed book entitled “Mushroom Farming Research and Development”. The post harvest handling, processing technology, value addition and recipies developed have also been covered with the latest information in the related areas. A very important aspect of mushroom production and quality control i.e. mushroom spawn and mushroom crop standards have been included which would certainly look into the control of quality for domestic and export  oriented market. We have put our great efforts for bringing out this multicoloured compilation of the book with recent up to date information’s on various aspects of mushroom farming practiced all over the globe. We are sure, this book will certainly be extremely useful  to the readers, students, researchers, mushroom growers, entrepreneurs and extension personnel’s in making their doubts clear, updating their existing knowledge in the field of mushroom science and practicing mushroom cultivation as a source of their livelihood up-gradation.