V. Appiah

Comparative Occurrence of Resident Fungi on Gamma Irradiated and Steam Sterilized Sorghum Grains (Sorghum bicolor L.) for Spawn Production in Ghana

N. K. Kortei, G. T. Odamtten, V. Appiah, M. Obodai, A. Adu-Gyamfi & M. Wiafe- Kwagyan · Biotechnology Journal International · 2015

Sorghum is one of the important cereals consumed by humans, animals and also used for the production of mushroom spawns in Ghana. Aim: Identification of fungi present on sorghum grains before and after pretreatment (steam and gamma radiation) principally for mushroom cultivation....

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BBJ/2015/16747

Evaluating the Effect of Gamma Irradiation and Steam Sterilization on the Survival and Growth of Composted Sawdust Fungi in Ghana

N. K. Kortei, G. T. Odamtten, M. Obodai, V. Appiah & M. Wiafe-Kwagyan · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2015

The growth and survival of some fungi associated with composted and pretreated sawdust particularly for mushroom cultivation were investigated on two growth media; Cooke’s and Oxytetracycline Glucose Yeast Extract (OGYE). Some fungi were isolated during the composting of sawdust...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BMRJ/2015/16521