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Abstract: Researches on the use of lower plants for the production of food and industrial purposes started in Germany in 1956. Agaricus bisporus was selected as the first subject as it had been thoroughly investigated in the past. Nevertheless it was astonishing, how relatively little is known even about this plant, e.g. with regard to its nutrition and the causes of fruiting. Miss Eger has shown that fruit body formation depends on the bacteria in the casing soil. She is now undertaking further investigations on this subject. Till showed that under sterile conditions fermentation of the nutritive substrate is not needed. On the other hand, bacterial activity in the casing soil is a prerequisite for fruit body formation. The resulting cultivation method is now known as the Till procedure. After his death the investigations were continued by various other workers (cf. Miss Lemke's contribution to this publication). If their work is successful, the Till procedure will be available for the commercial scale cultivation of mushrooms.
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