Selection of Superior Strains of Cordyceps militaris with Enhanced Fruiting Body Productivity.
10.4489/MYCO.2006.34.3.131
- Author:
Jae Mo SUNG
1
;
Young Jin PARK
;
Je O LEE
;
Sang Kuk HAN
;
Won Ho LEE
;
Sung Keun CHOI
;
Bhushan SHRESTHA
Author Information
1. Department of Applied Biology and Entomopathogenic Fungal Culture Collection (EFCC), Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 200-701, Korea. jmsung@kangwon.ac.kr
- Publication Type:In Vitro ; Original Article
- Keywords:
Biological efficiency;
Cordyceps militaris;
Mating type;
Inter-strain crossing;
Intra-strain crossing
- MeSH:
Cordyceps*;
Efficiency*;
Fruit*
- From:Mycobiology
2006;34(3):131-137
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
In vitro fruiting bodies were produced from ten different isolates of Cordyceps militaris EFCC C-5736, EFCC C-5941, EFCC C-5976, EFCC C-6040, EFCC C-6849, EFCC C-7268, EFCC C-7342, EFCC C-7992, EFCC C-8027 and EFCC C-8549. Single ascospores were isolated from in vitro grown fruiting bodies and used for fruiting body production in brown rice medium by both intra-strain crossing and out-crossing. Length and dry wt. of stromata grown in vitro were measured. Strains producing highest dry wt. of stromata were selected. Both intra-strain crossings and inter-strain crossings of single ascospore strains were found to produce profuse fruiting bodies of C. militaris.
