Comparing Some Agro-Waste Materials As Substrates For The Cultivation Of The Oyster Mushroom : (Pleurotus Florida Egerj):-Onyemauwa Godwin E
ABSTRACT
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project was carried out to investigate the relative potential of rice straw
(Oryza. sativa), dry leaves of almond plant (Terminalia catappa), lawngrass
mowings (Elusine indica) and sugarcane 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 and 1g 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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ONYEMAUWA, E (2024). Comparing Some Agro-Waste Materials As Substrates For The Cultivation Of The Oyster Mushroom : (Pleurotus Florida Egerj):-Onyemauwa Godwin E . Repository.mouau.edu.ng: Retrieved Nov 23, 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-egerj-onyemauwa-godwin-e-7-2
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EMEKA, ONYEMAUWA. "Comparing Some Agro-Waste Materials As Substrates For The Cultivation Of The Oyster Mushroom : (Pleurotus Florida Egerj):-Onyemauwa Godwin E " Repository.mouau.edu.ng (2024). Accessed 23 Nov. 2024. https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/comparing-some-agro-waste-materials-as-substrates-for-the-cultivation-of-the-oyster-mushroom-pleurotus-florida-egerj-onyemauwa-godwin-e-7-2