Cultivation of oyster (Pleurotus ostreatus) mushroom on sawdust with different types of spawns

Abstract

A study was conducted to examine the effect of different spawn types on oyster (.Pleurotus ostreatus) mushroom produced on sawdust. Spawn running (mycelia development), pinhead formation, fruit body formation, and yield of oyster {Pleurotus ostreatus) mushroom on sawdust spawned with different types of spawns were studied. Locally available kurakkan {Eleusine coracana), maize (broken) (Zea mays), sorghum {Sorghum bicolor), and paddy {Oryza sativa) were used for spawn production. Four spawn types were tested on a medium based on sawdust. The experiment was designed as a complete randomized design with three replicates. The fastest spawn running of 21 ± 1 days, pinhead formation of 35 ± 1 days, and highest yield of 46.37 ± 0.67 g were realized with the three other types of spawns. The kurakkan {Eleusine coracana) spawn accelerated spawn running, pinhead formation, and fruit body formation and increased yield, when compared with other spawn types v/z; maize {Zea mays), sorghum {Sorghum bicolor), and paddy {Oryza sativa).