BASIDIOCARP PRODUCTION OF OYSTER MUSHROOM (Pleurotus ostreatus Kummer) ON AGRICULTURAL WASTE AND MOISTENER)
Abstract
QUERIJERO, CELESTE N. Institute of Graduate Studies, Central Luzon State University, Science City of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija, Philippines, April, 2007. BASIDIOCARP PRODUCTION OF OYSTER MUSHROOM (Pleurotus ostreatus Kummer) ON AGRICULTURAL WASTES AND LIQUID MOISTENER.
Adviser: PEDRITO S. NITURAL, Ph. D.
This study was conducted to determine the influence of types of agricultural waste and liquid moistener on the basidiocarp production of oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus Kummer).
The treatments were: Factor A—types of agricultural waste: sawdust, dried banana leaves, rice straw, paragrass and coconut coir dust; and Factor B—liquid moistener: rice washing, young coconut water and tap water. The experiment was arranged in a 5 × 3 factorial experiment in Randomized Complete Block Design with four replications.
Results revealed that among the agricultural wastes evaluated, sawdust substrate recorded the shortest incubation period of inoculated bags and produced basidiocarps within 6.00 days after opening the fruiting bags. Also, this substrate produced more number of fruiting bodies, gave the highest yield per bag and biological efficiency.
On the other hand, agricultural waste substrate moistened with rice washing recorded the shortest incubation period of inoculated bags and produced higher number of fruiting bodies and yield per bag compared with coconut water and ordinary tap water moistener.
Interactions between the agricultural wastes and liquid moistener showed that sawdust substrate moistened with rice washing recorded the shortest incubation period after inoculation of the fruiting bags. Likewise, this substrate combination produced early basidiocarps, which are ready to harvest within 6.00 days after opening the fruiting bags.
Mushroom cultivation is a profitable agribusiness. The technology of growing mushroom is incorporated with non-conventional crops in existing agricultural systems to help improve the social as well as economic status of small farmers. Besides, some mushroom species obtain medicinal properties like anti-cancer, anticholesterol and anti-tumor.
This study aimed to determine the basidiocarp production of oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus Kummer) grown on different agricultural wastes and liquid moistener.
