Comparism of growth and yield of Pleurotus plumonarius cultivated on corn cob, coconut coir and banana leaf.

Abstract

This study was carried out to investigate the effect of three different agricultural wastes on the growth and yield of Pleurotus plumonarius (Fr) P.Kumm 80g 0f each subtrate (corn cob,coconut coir and banana leaf) was weighed into uniformed size screwed capped bottles(17cmx8cm³),innoculated with 10g of the spawn of p.plumonarius each and incubated at 30+ 2^oC for 6 weeks. The fresh weight, dry weight, biological efficiency, productivity and proximate content of the fruit bodies were determined as index of growth. The result showed that fructification was initiated 4 days after exposure. It was observed that Banana leaf produced fruit bodies with the highest fresh weight(21.30g),dry weight(4.06g),biological efficiency(13.14%) and prroductivity(2.31%); while coconut coir had the lowest fresh weight(4.30g),drry weight (0.43g),biological efficiency (2.9%) and productivity(0.50%).The proximate analysis showed that p.plumonaris presents a good content pf protein,minerals and low fat content on each substrate.This study revealed that p.plumonaris can easily be cultivated on readily available   gnocellulose wastes in Nigeria. This study was carried out to investigate the effect of three different agricultural wastes  on the growth and yield of Pleurotus plumonarius (Fr) P.Kumm 80g 0f each subtrate (corn cob,coconut coir and banana leaf) was weighed into uniformed size screwed capped bottles(17cmx8cm³),innoculated with 10g of the spawn of p.plumonarius each and incubated at 30+ 2^oC for 6 weeks. The fresh weight, dry weight, biological efficiency, productivity and proximate content of the fruit bodies were determined as index of growth. The result showed that fructification was initiated 4 days after exposure. It was observed that Banana leaf produced fruit bodies with the highest fresh weight(21.30g),dry weight(4.06g),biological efficiency(13.14%) and prroductivity(2.31%); while coconut coir had the lowest fresh weight(4.30g),drry weight (0.43g),biological efficiency (2.9%) and productivity(0.50%).The proximate analysis showed that p.plumonaris presents a good content pf protein,minerals and low fat content on each substrate.This study revealed that p.plumonaris can easily be cultivated on readily available lignocellulose wastes in Nigeria. This study was carried out to investigate the effect of three different agricultural wastes

on the growth and yield of Pleurotus plumonarius (Fr) P.Kumm 80g 0f each subtrate (corn cob,coconut coir and banana leaf) was weighed into uniformed size screwed capped bottles(17cmx8cm³),innoculated with 10g of the spawn of p.plumonarius each and incubated at 30+ 2^oC for 6 weeks. The fresh weight, dry weight, biological efficiency, productivity and proximate content of the fruit bodies were determined as index of growth. The result showed that fructification was initiated 4 days after exposure. It was observed that Banana leaf produced fruit bodies with the highest fresh weight(21.30g),dry weight(4.06g),biological efficiency(13.14%) and prroductivity(2.31%); while coconut coir had the lowest fresh weight(4.30g),drry weight (0.43g),biological efficiency (2.9%) and productivity(0.50%).The proximate analysis showed that p.plumonaris presents a good content pf protein,minerals and low fat content on each substrate.This study revealed that p.plumonaris can easily be cultivated on readily available lignocellulose wastes in Nigeria.