P. HARIKRISHNA, R. LAKSHMIPATHY, R. SUBHASHREDDY AND J. SAIPRASAD
Abstract
An experiment was conducted to study the feasibility of maize and sorghum stalks for mushroom cultivation. The experiment was under taken with three substrates viz., â paddy, maize and sorghum. Oyster mushrooms were cultivated with the following substrate combinations, i.e. 100% maize straw, 100% sorghum straw, 100% paddy straw, 50% maize straw + 50% paddy straw, 50% sorghum straw + 50% paddy straw, 50% maze straw + 50% sorghum straw with three replications. Ash content were more in the mushrooms cultivated using 100% maize stalks, phenolic content were more in the mushrooms harvested from 100% sorghum stalk and crude fibre content was more in the mushrooms harvested from 100% paddy straw. This study showed variability of nutrients in oyster mushrooms when cultivated on different substrates.