Published on April 2016 | Plant Pathology

Evaluation of substrates and supplements for enhancing the productivity of paddy straw mushroom (Volvariella volvacea)

The present study was taken up to find out the best substrate and supplement for the production of paddy straw mushroom. In evaluation of four locally available substrates for its cultivation, cotton waste substrate produced highest yield (734.8g and 796.2g per bed) and biological efficiency (14.7 % and 15.92 %) in both the cropping period followed by pea straw (12.96 % and 14.16 %), paddy straw (9.32 % and 12.68 %) and wheat straw (8.54 % and 11.32 %) respectively, in both the cropping period. Out of five supplements were evaluated on paddy straw substrate, rice bran enhanced highest yield (821.0g per bed of 5.0 kg dry substrate) followed by wheat bran (791.3g), chick pea grain powder (743.0g), pigeon pea grain powder (704.3g) and pea grain powder (683.0g).