Comparative study on the growth and yield of Pleurotus ostreatus mushroom on different lignocellulosic by-products

Abstract

Eight lignocellulosic by-products were evaluated as substrates for cultivation of the oyster mushroom, Pleurotus ostreatus ( Jacq. ex. fr) Kummer. The yields of mushroom on the different substrates were 183.1, 151.8, 111.5, 87.8, 49.5, 23.3, 13.0 and 0.0 g for composted sawdust of Triplochiton scleroxylon, rice straw, banana leaves, maize stover, corn husk, rice husk, fresh sawdust, and elephant grass, respectively. The biological efficiency (BE) followed the same pattern and ranged from 61.0% for composted sawdust to 0.0% for elephant grass. The yield of mushroom was positively correlated to cellulose ( r(2) =0.6), lignin ( r(2) =0.7) and fibre ( r(2) =0.7) contents of the substrates. Based on the yield and BE of the substrates tested, rice straw appeared to be the best alternate substrate for growing oyster mushrooms.

Yield and nutritional composition of oyster mushroom strains newly introduced in Bangladesh

“…Both strains of P. geesteranus (PG1 and PG3) exhibited slowest primordia emergence. Obodai et al (2003) reported that pinhead formation took four to six days after the completion of spawn running, with harvest after 10 to 12 days in the case of P. ostreatus on different substrate, in the climatic conditions of Pakistan. Strain PHK also produced the highest number of primordia, followed by strains PG1 and PG3, whereas the lowest number of primordia per 500 g per bag was produced by PO2 and PO3.…”

“…Amin et al (2007a) and Sarker et al (2007b) found similar yield for P. ostreatus. However, Obodai et al (2003) reported a biological efficiency ranging from 61 to 0% for P. ostreatus. This could be due to the different substrate formulations and strain variations.…”

Performance of Pleurotus pulmonarius mushroom grown on maize stalk residues supplemented with various levels of maize flour and wheat bran

“…However, 25 species out of these are considered to be intensively cultivated commercially (Hussein et al, 2015). Among the 25 species of mushroom, oyster mushroom ranks the third world wide (Obodai et al, 2003). The process of mushroom cultivation has lot of advantages such as that, it utilises little land for production, which renders them economically beneficial (Dzomeku, 2009).…”

Mushroom cultivation in Brazil: challenges and potential for growth

“…However, the traditional procedure for this mushroom's cultivation is to use pasteurized compost steam (Molena, 1986;Obodai et al, 2003). On the other hand, these mushrooms exhibit great versatility and fast colonization rates, so several alternative cultivation techniques have been proposed.…”