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Use of 10-oxo-trans-8-decenoic acid in mushroom cultivation

  • US 5,681,738 A
  • Filed: 03/19/1992
  • Issued: 10/28/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/19/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for the use of 10-oxo-trans-8-decenoic acid as a fungal growth hormone to stimulate mycelial growth of cultivated mushrooms comprising;

  • (a) selecting a species of cultivated mushroom;

    (b) selecting a solid or liquid growth medium suitable for growth of said mushroom;

    (c) adding 10-oxo-trans-8-decenoic acid to said growth medium to achieve a final concentration of 10-oxo-trans-8-decenoic acid in said medium of about 10-7 M to about 10-4 M;

    (d) inoculating said mushroom into said growth medium containing 10-oxo-trans-8-decenoic acid;

    (e) culturing said mushroom; and

    (f) harvesting the mycelium of cultivated mushroom.

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