Economic and Eco-friendly Use of Rice Straw

P Bhattacharyya, H Pathak, AK Nayak, P Panneerselvam, MJ Baig,S Munda, D Bhaduri, S Satapathy, M Chakraborti, NT Borkar and

N Basak

SUMMARY

in-situ ex-situ

1. INTRODUCTION

2. RICE STRAW BURNING

Great smog of Delhi”,

in-situ

ex-situ

3. TECHNOLOGIES FOR STRAW UTILIZATION

China:

Pakistan:

Sri Lanka:

Bangladesh:

Vietnam:

Thailand:

Japan: Biomass Nippon Strategy

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Korea:

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India:

Candida tropicalis Phanerochaetechrysosporium Streptomyces globisporous Lactobacillus

Trichoderma harazianum Pleurotus sajorcaju

Aspergillus nidulans, A.awamori, Trichoderma viride andPhanerochaete chrysosporium

4. ALTERNATIVE USE OF RICE STRAW

4.1. Conservation agriculture (CA)

Table 1. Existing composting technologies of rice straw available in India

LactobacillusStreptomyces

i.e

Trichoderma harzianum

T.harzianum

Pleurotus sajar-caju

Aspergillus nigerA. flavusTrichoderma harazianum

PhanerochaetechrysosporiumStreptomyces spRhodotorula glutinisLactobacillus plantarum

Myrothecium roridumTrametes hirsuta

Streptomycesgriseorubens

4.2. Mulch

4.3. Biochar

(Source: www.mikeprycemachinery.com)

4.4. Rice straw as animal feed

Rice straw-based animal feed block making machine:

Feed block making procedure:

4.5. Mushroom industry

(Agaricusbisporus) (Pleurotus(Volvariella volvacea, V.diplasia)

Volvariella

Pleurotus florida

V. esculenta.

4.6. Composting

in-situ

Streptomyces, MicromonosporaBacillus, Cellulomonas, Cytophaga

Cytophaga Sporocytophaga

Bacillus, B. subtilis, B.polymyxa, B. licheniformis, B. pumilus, B. brevis, B. firmus, B. circulans, B. megaterium

B. cereusStreptomyces

AspergillusPenicillium

Trichoderma, Phanerochaete Pleurotus sp.

4.7. Biogenic silica from rice straw

4.8. Alternate source of energy: Biofuel/biogas/bioethanol production

4.9. Biogas

5. KNOWLEDGE GAPS

in situ

in-situ ex-situ

6. WAY FORWARD

Jatropha Curcas

indica

gh2GH2 OsCAD2

prl5 lrt5

References

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