PRODUCTION OF OYSTER MUSHROOM(PLEUROTUSPULMONARIUS)ON DIFFERENT AGRICULTURE WASTES COMBINATION WITH LEMON GRASS (CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS)

Abstract

The aim of this work was to evaluate the lemon grass with different combinations of agriculture waste for mushroom cultivation. Lemon grass alone and its combination with Lemon grass 50% + wheat straw 50%, Lemon grass 50%+cotton waste 50%, lemon grass 50% + cotton waste 25% + wheat straw 25%, Cotton waste 100% for cultivation of exotic mushroom Pleurotus (sajor-caju)  pulmonarius WC-537. Result revealed that the maximum production of mushroom recorded in treatment T₅ (Cotton waste 100%) that was about 418g compared with other treatments. The treatment T₃ (Lemon grass 50% + cotton waste 50%) showed all over best result produce 385.20g but as far as lemon grass alone and its combined effect all other treatments. Combination of lemon grass with cotton waste and wheat straw also showed significant produce while, using lemon grass 100% does not show better results. Spawn running was significantly affected by lemon grass which was minimum 15.5 days in T₃ combination and maximum 25.5 days with alone lemon grass. Cotton waste showed minimum days of spawn running 13 days. Cotton waste was the best substrate for mushroom growth while lemon grass 50% + cotton waste 50%  combination can also be used.