Project ID:
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IERP/NMHS/12 |
Title:
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Diversity and conservation of wild edible and medicinal mushrooms of Uttarakhand Himalaya.
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Batch/ Financial Year:
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2015-16
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Total Grant:
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Rs. 13,20,000 (Thirteen lakh twenty thousand only) |
Project Objectives
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Quantifiable Deliverables
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To survey and enumerate all the edible and medicinal species of mushrooms in the Uttarakhand Himalaya.
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Field data base on availability of Agaricus, Auricularia, Ganoderma, Grifola, Morchella, Ophiocordyceps, Pleurotus, and other wild edible and medicinal mushrooms from Uttarakhand Himalaya.
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To describe and identify each taxon on the basis of detailed macroscopic and microscopic observations (and possibly from DNA sequences).
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Recommendations for mass cultivation and commercial utilization of selected species.
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To identify the species that enters into mycorrhizal associations with economically important trees.
a. To recommend suitable edible and medicinal taxa for commercial exploitation.
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