Potato Dextrose Agar

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
PDA
Pronunciation
/pəˈteɪˌtoʊ ˈdɛkstroʊs ˈeɪgər/
Category
Miscellaneous
Related Field
Farming & Agriculture

Examples in Context

  1. Contrasting to Potato Dextrose Agar(PDA) ( PDA ), this test used two kinds of medium to culture mycelial of Oyster mushroom, one was potato bud, and the other was potato skin.
  2. However, the strain produced no mauve substance in Czapek's, potato dextrose agar, and milk solid media.
  3. Isolation and identification of pathogens from the decayed tissues of melon stored in winter were carried out using LB ( lysogeny broth ) and PDA ( potato dextrose agar ) media.
  4. Agaricus bisporus strain 176, 2796, 8211 were inoculated in the potato dextrose agar made up with water ( PDA ) and magnetized water ( MPDA ).
  5. The following major progresses were achieved in this work : A bioassay method for quantitative determination of mildiomycin was developed using a strain of Rhodotorula rubra AS 2.166 as the indicator organism and the potato dextrose agar at pH 7.0 as the test medium.

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