Obtaining and characterizing Pleurotus ostreatus strains for commercial cultivation under warm environmental conditions

Use of maize wastewater for the cultivation of the Pleurotus spp. mushroom and optimization of its biological efficiency

“…To prevent episodes of ambient contamination, some industries have used systems of effluent treatment. In contrast, recent works have considered the exploitation of agroindustrial effluents as alternative sources of carbon and nitrogen in important bioprocesses that generate products of aggregate value [5][6][7][8][9]. For example, one of the most promising alternatives is the conversion of these residues in Pleurotus spp.…”

“…In addition, these mushrooms have high gastronomic value, demand few environmental controls, are able to colonize and degrade a large variety of solid and liquid residues, and require a shorter growth time when compared to other edible mushrooms [10][11][12]. P. ostreatus and P. floridae are potential sources of valuable food protein, and they are organisms that can use various wastes [7,10,13,14]. Within this context, several researchers have studied the bioconversion processes of agricultural and agroindustrial residues in mushrooms of the Pleurotus spp.…”

Bioconversion of Cotton Gin Waste to Bioethanol

“…Cultivation of edible mushrooms such as Lentinus spp., Lentinula spp., Leonotis spp., Pleurotus spp., Agaricus spp., Agrocybe spp., Volvariella spp., and Grifola spp. is achievable on a wide range of lignocellulosic waste substrates such as wood waste, wheat straw, corncob meal, barley straw, soybean straw, cereal bran, cotton waste, sorghum stalk, hazel nut husks, waste tea leaves, dry weed plants, peanut shells, waste paper, and olive mill wastewater (Morais et al 2000;Philippoussis et al 2001;Yildiz et al 2002;Kalmış and Sargın 2004;Silva et al 2005;Ozçelik and Pekşen 2007;Peker et al 2007;Das and Mukherjee 2007;Akyüz and Yildiz 2008;Gaitán-Hernández and Salmones 2008;Rani et al 2008). …”

Breeding of a long shelf-life strain for commercial cultivation by mono–mono crossing in Pleurotus eryngii

“…Mycelial mating of monokaryotic basidiospores is a typical method for the creation of a new cultivar. Recently, a variety of Pleurotus ostreatus that could be cultivated under warm conditions was developed by interbreeding using mating between monokaryotic mycelia (Gaitán-Hernández and Salmones, 2008). In the breeding of edible mushrooms, the development of new cultivars largely relies on mycelial mating (Kim et al, 2011).…”