Production of Fungal Amylases Using Cheap, Readily Available Agriresidues, for Potential Application in Textile Industry

Table 1

Primary screening to isolate amylase positive fungal strains.

Strains	Location	Width of clear zones on SAM (cm)
S1	Wheat flour mill 1; (Mohalla Gobind Garh, Jalandhar, Punjab, India)	1.5
S2	Wheat flour mill 2; (Kapurthala Road, Jalandhar, Punjab, India)	2.6
S3	Potato field 1; (Guru Tegh Bahadur Nagar, Jalandhar, Punjab, India)	4.0
S4	Wheat flour mill 3; (Pathankot Bypass, Jalandhar, Punjab, India)	3.6
S5	Potato field 2; (S.K Farms, G.T Road, Jalandhar, Punjab, India)	—
S6	Potato field 3; (Nakodar Road, Jalandhar, Punjab, India)	—
S7	Kitchen garden; (Model Town, Jalandhar, Punjab, India)	—

—: no amylase activity.
Growth conditions: incubation time, days: 3; incubation temperature, °C: 25.