ETA Florence
Comparison of Corn Husk and Rice Straw for Cultivation of Oyster Mushroom
By N. Rungjindamai, W. Boonlapngammanee, V. Krutpan and 1 others.
Abstract
Agriculture plays an important role for Thailand economy so that agricultural wastes is abundant in the country. The crop residues are usually burned which causes toxic air pollution. Therefore, this result focuses on utilising agricultural waste for mushroom cultivation. Five types of agricultural waste including rice straw, rice meal, corn husk, sugarcane bagasse and coffee ground were screened as substrates for mushroom cultivation. Rice straw and corn husk are chosen as the best two candidates because oyster mushroom grew well and produced densely mycelium when it was cultured on Petri-dishes. When these two substrates were used in a jar experiment, oyster mushroom grew well and expanded rapidly on corn husk. This study showed that corn husk is the most potential substrate for oyster mushroom cultivation.
Keywords
- Fungal Biology and Applications
- Open access
Source
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