The document summarizes an experiment evaluating different paper and cardboard substrates for cultivating the white oyster mushroom Pleurotus florida. Ten materials were tested as substrates: eight types of paper (glaze paper, brown paper, newspaper, magazine paper, chart paper, kite paper, rough copy paper, and A-4 printing paper) and two types of cardboard (corrugated and plain cardboard). All substrates supported mushroom growth and fruiting. Yield and biological efficiency varied between substrates, ranging from 190-495 grams and 38-99% respectively over three flushes. Magazine paper and cardboard produced significantly higher yield and biological efficiency than the control (newspaper). Corrugated cardboard also produced significantly heavier individual mushrooms

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Journal of Plant Physiology & Pathology | ISSN: 2329-955X | Plant Genomics & Mycology Congress 2019 | Volume: 7
July 15-16, 2019
Osaka, Japan
3rd
World Plant Genomics and Plant Science Congress
4th
World Mycology and Mushroom Congress
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Transform papers into food
Siddhant1
, Ukaogo op2
, Singh R3
, Kumar M3
1
Durgesh Nandini Degree College, India
2
Abia State University, Nigeria
3
Independent Researcher, India
Eight different kinds of papers, viz., glaze paper,
brown paper, newspaper, magazine paper, chart
paper, kite paper, rough copy paper and A-4 size
printing paper and two types of cardboards viz.,
corrugated cardboard and card board were evaluated
for different manifestations of white oystermushroom
Pleurotus florida Strain-P1. Among them newspaper
was later treated as a control. The mushroom utilized
all the substrates for their growth and sporophore
formation. Majority of substrates took almost equal
time for spawn run primordial development and
fruit bodies maturation. The yield parameters such
as yield, biological efficiency, number of mushroom
fruit bodies and average weight of sporophores
varied among themselves. The crop of mushroom
was harvested in three flushes where yield and
biological efficiency ranged 190-495 gm, 38-99% for
the substrate used. Magazine paper (450 gm; 90%)
and card board (495 gm; 99%) produced significant
(P=0.05) yield and biological efficiency over control.
They also produced significant number of mushroom
fruit bodies (56 and 64, respectively). Corrugated
cardboard (10.29 gm) was found significant in terms
of average weight per sporocarp. The percentage
yield of different substrates was also evaluated.
Among the substrates, card board contributed 14 %
of total mushroom production followed by magazine
paper (13%) and newspaper (12%).
A) Rough copy paper B) Magazine paper C) Corrugated cardboard D) Brown paper E) Cardboard
Biography
Siddhant, M.Sc., Ph.D., FAELS, MIAER, FIARA, Assistant Professor, Department of Botany, Durgesh Nandini Degree College has completed
his PhD in 2009 from Dr. RML Awadh University, Faizabad (India). He has been involved in research in mushrooms for the last 10 years.
He has published more than 20 papers in reputed journals.
siddhant.ani@gmail.com
Siddhant et al., J Plant Physiol Pathol 2019, Volume: 7
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