Vol. 7, Special Issue 6 (2019)
Performance of different substrate on the production and nutritional composition of blue oyster MUSHROOM (Hypsizygus ulmarius (Bull.:Fr.) Redhead)
Author(s): Julius Munna, Abhilasha A Lal and Pankaj Kumar Singh
Abstract: The research experiment was carried out to investigate the cultivation of Hypsizygus ulmarius on different substrates. The objective of this study was to evaluate the best alternative substrate (wheat straw, sarpat, banana leaves, bamboo leaves, sawdust, and doob grass and bajra dry stem) that supports the growth of mushroom and produces the maximum yield with highest biological efficiency and nutritional content. Data relating to the time taken for complete spawn running, pin head initiation, days to maturity of the fruiting bodies, stipe length, pileus width, total yield and biological efficiency as well as the protein and carbohydrate content of the mushroom was recorded and analyzed. A total of seven treatments replicated six times were taken under the complete randomized design. The minimum time taken for complete mycelium run (19.33 days) was in T3 (wheat straw + banana leaves) and maximum time was observed in T6 (wheat straw + doob grass) (23.16 days). Minimum time from primordial stage to harvesting stage was recorded in T3 (wheat straw + banana leaves) (25.83 days) and maximum time was recorded in T6 (wheat straw + doob grass) (27.33 days). Maximum yield was obtained in T3 (wheat straw + banana leaves) (936.6 g) with highest biological efficiency (93.66%). Maximum protein content as recorded in T3 (wheat straw + banana leaves) (35%) and maximum carbohydrate in T3 (wheat straw + banana leaves) (25.33%). Therefore, it can be concluded that Banana leaves substrates in combination proved to be best for cultivation of Hypsizygus ulmarius.
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Julius Munna, Abhilasha A Lal and Pankaj Kumar Singh. Performance of different substrate on the production and nutritional composition of blue oyster MUSHROOM (Hypsizygus ulmarius (Bull.:Fr.) Redhead). International Journal of Chemical Studies. 2019; 7(6): 366-368.
