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Research Article | Open Access | Peer Review

BIOCONVERSION OF RICE STRAW INTO PROTEIN RICH FEED

Volume : 79
Issue: Mar-mar
Pages: 138 - 141
Published: August 15, 2023
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Abstract


Three cellulolytic fungi were inoculated on alkali hydrolysed rice straw and untreated rice straw, Asperquillus sp. (AS.3) exhibited maximum straw conversion (80.0%) followed by Fusarium sp. (Fs.4) and Trichodermu sp. (T.3) Fungal biomass yield ranged from 82 to 1.06 g/50 ml depending upon the fungi. Crude protein content of rice straw after fermentation varied from 15.6 to 25.0% irrespective of the type of rice straw and the fungi. Soluble protein of the fermented rice straw was maximum (42.5 mg/100 ml) in Aspergillus sp. (As.3) insulated substrate. The results showed the possibility of obtaining protein enriched rice straw employing efficient cellulosic fungi.

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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Madras Agricultural Students' Union in Madras Agricultural Journal (MAJ). This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited by the user.

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