<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Agricultural waste disposal is one of the main concerns in today's world that can cause environmental pollution. Utilisation of agro-waste materials to grow mushrooms is an eco-friendly method to reduce pollution. Therefore, various agricultural waste materials, such as wheat straw, rice straw and cotton waste, were utilised for the production of milky mushroom. Among the substrates used in this study wheat straw showed superior substrate for the production of milky mushroom. The agronomic traits studied such as total yield, number of fruiting bodies, the maximum diameter of pileus and stalk length, biological efficiency, protein contents, phosphorous and potassium contents were observed on wheat straw substrate. Peat moss, loam soil and spent mushroom substrate were used as casing materials. Among the casing materials used, the highest yield and biological efficiency were observed on peat moss. The results also indicated that the addition of supplements with the substrate improved yield and yield contributing characteristics. Among the tested supplements (wheat bran and rice bran), wheat bran was the best supplement for wheat straw substrate to cultivate milky white mushroom.</p></abstract>

Agricultural waste disposal is one of the main concerns in today's world that can cause environmental pollution. Utilisation of agro-waste materials to grow mushrooms is an eco-friendly method to reduce pollution. Therefore, various agricultural waste materials, such as wheat straw, rice straw and cotton waste, were utilised for the production of milky mushroom. Among the substrates used in this study wheat straw showed superior substrate for the production of milky mushroom. The agronomic traits studied such as total yield, number of fruiting bodies, the maximum diameter of pileus and stalk length, biological efficiency, protein contents, phosphorous and potassium contents were observed on wheat straw substrate. Peat moss, loam soil and spent mushroom substrate were used as casing materials. Among the casing materials used, the highest yield and biological efficiency were observed on peat moss. The results also indicated that the addition of supplements with the substrate improved yield and yield contributing characteristics. Among the tested supplements (wheat bran and rice bran), wheat bran was the best supplement for wheat straw substrate to cultivate milky white mushroom.

Effect of different agro-wastes, casing materials and supplements on the growth, yield and nutrition of milky mushroom (<italic>Calocybe indica</italic>)

Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technology

Folia Horticulturae

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Effect of different agro-wastes, casing materials and supplements on the growth, yield and nutrition of milky mushroom ()

Agricultural waste disposal is one of the main concerns in today's world that can cause environmental pollution. Utilisation of agro-waste materials to grow...

Effect of different agro-wastes, casing materials and supplements on the growth, yield and nutrition of milky mushroom (Calocybe indica)

Article Category: Research Article

Published Online: Jun 23, 2020

Page range: 115 - 124

Received: Nov 23, 2019

Accepted: May 13, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fhort-2020-0011

Keywords
agro-waste materials, biological efficiency, casing materials, Milky mushroom, supplements

© 2020 Hasan Sardar et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Effect of different agro-wastes, casing materials and supplements on the growth, yield and nutrition of milky mushroom (Calocybe indica)

Article Category: Research Article

Published Online: Jun 23, 2020

Page range: 115 - 124

Received: Nov 23, 2019

Accepted: May 13, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fhort-2020-0011

Keywordsagro-waste materials, biological efficiency, casing materials, Milky mushroom, supplements

© 2020 Hasan Sardar et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
agro-waste materials, biological efficiency, casing materials, Milky mushroom, supplements