Effect of waste tea leaf and slake lime in casing mixture on yield of white button mushroom [Agaricus bisporus (Lange) Imbach]
Title
Effect of waste tea leaf and slake lime in casing mixture on yield of white button mushroom [Agaricus bisporus (Lange) Imbach]
Authors
Binit Kumar et al.,
Keywords
Agaricus bisporus | waste tea leaves
Publication Details
Vol: 3; Iss: 11; Nov 17 | ISSN: 2454-5422
Abstract
Three casing formulation i.e. GLS + FYM (2:1), GLS + FYM + waste tea leaves (2:1:1) and GLS + FYM + slake lime (2:1:1) based materials were used for evaluating the effect of different casing mixture on number of days required for complete mycelium colonisation, fresh weight, number of fruiting body per bag, biological efficiency and cost benefit ratio of Agaricus bisporus. According to results, casing mixture combination GLS + FYM + waste tea leaves steadily found best in all the parameters the minimum number of days required for complete colonisation recorded 17.62, fresh weight 0.94 kg per bag, number of fruiting body per bag 83.25, biological efficiency 18.21 and cost benefit ratio 1:2.08 respectively. The best mushroom yield and maximum number of time fresh flesh of mushroom were harvested from casing mixture consist with waste tea leaves as casing material.