Cultivating the edible oyster mushroom pleurotus on sawdust

Authors

• FSS MAgingo, Applied Microbiology Unit, Department of Botany, University of Dar es Salaam, PO Box 35060, Dar es Salaam, TanzaniaFollow

Section

Biological Sciences

Abstract

The edible mushroom Pleurotus pulmonarius was grown on pasteurized saw dust supplemented with either Crotalaria ochroleuca (N_2- fixing legume) or with chicken manure. Inoculated, unsupplemented sawdust acted as control. Sawdust supplemented with C. ochroleuca biomass yielded the highest fresh weight of the mushroom with a biological efficiency (B.E) of 83%. Sawdust supplemented with chicken manure had a 67% B.E., while control gave the least harvest (B.E. = 32%). Reasons for the differences are discussed.

Recommended Citation

MAgingo, FSS (1998) "Cultivating the edible oyster mushroom pleurotus on sawdust," Tanzania Journal of Science: Vol. 24: Iss. 1, Article 1.
Available at:https://doi.org/10.65085/2507-7961.2394

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