Comparing Some Agro-Waste Materials As Substrates For The Cultivation Of The Oyster Mushroom (Pleurotus Florida Eger)
ABSTRACT
The project was carried out to investigate the
relative potential of rice straw 'Oryza sativa), dry leaves of almond plant
(Termiriaiict catappa), lawngrass rowing ('Elusine indica) and s ugarcane waste
(Saccharum officinarum) as suitable subtrates for the cultivation of Pleurotus
florida Eger. Rice straw was used as control. The steps involved in the
cultivation were preparation of plate cultures of P. Florida, spawning with
rice straw, pasteurization of the substrates, innoculation of spawn into the
pasteurized substrates, incubation, fructification and harvesting. The
experiment was laid out in a completely randomized design with four treatments
and five replicates. Primordial formation was fastest on rice straw (21 days)
and the fruiting bodies formed in 23 days from the day of innoculation. Rice
straw yielded the highest number of fruit bodies, 77. Next to it was the
sugarcane waste, 16; lawngrass mowing, 10; and dry almond leaves yielded the
lowest number of fruit bodies, 1. The fresh weight for fruiting bodies was
highest for rice straw, 226.6g. It was 73g for sugarcane waste; 20g for
lawngrass mowings nd ig for dry almond leaves. Thus rice straw which was
already used commercially in oyster mushroom cultivation is considered the most
suitable agro-waste for cultivating P .florida.
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ONVEMAUWA, E (2021). Comparing Some Agro-Waste Materials As Substrates For The Cultivation Of The Oyster Mushroom (Pleurotus Florida Eger) . Repository.mouau.edu.ng: Retrieved May 07, 2024, from https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/comparing-some-agro-waste-materials-as-substrates-for-the-cultivation-of-the-oyster-mushroom-pleurotus-florida-eger-7-2
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EMEKA, ONVEMAUWA. "Comparing Some Agro-Waste Materials As Substrates For The Cultivation Of The Oyster Mushroom (Pleurotus Florida Eger) " Repository.mouau.edu.ng (2021). Accessed 07 May. 2024. https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/comparing-some-agro-waste-materials-as-substrates-for-the-cultivation-of-the-oyster-mushroom-pleurotus-florida-eger-7-2