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Pleurotus sajor-caju is an efficient degrader of the cellulose component of rice straw. Protein contents of the biodegraded straw after fungal growth increased from 1.7 to 10.0 %. Crude fibre and cellulose contents decreased from 32.6 and 45.0 to 6.3 and 17.8 %, respectively. The in vivo digestibility of the biodegraded rice straw increased by 34.1 %.
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Partly financed by the U.S.D.A. under the PL-480 funds.
Acknowledgements are due to Mr. A.D. Khan, Research Officer, P.C.S.I.R. Laboratories, Lahore for his valuable assistance in the in vivo digestibility studies.
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Zafar, S.I., Kausar, T. & Shah, F.H. Biodegradation of the cellulose component of rice straw byPleurotus sajor-caju . Folia Microbiol 26, 394–397 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02927333
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