Assessing the Effect of Composting Cassava Peel Based Substrates on the Yield, Nutritional Quality, and Physical Characteristics of Pleurotus ostreatus (Jacq. ex Fr.) Kummer

Table 3

Yield of mushrooms from interactions of compost height, composting period, substrates, and supplementation.

(a) −0.8 m compost height

Period (days)	Substrate	Flush					Total	B.E (%)
		1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
3	cm	57	42	33	33	24	189^a	27
	ncm	49	46	38	30	19	182^a	26
	cmcc	59	50	45	34	31	219^b	31.3
	ncmcc	56	55	50	29	28	218^b	31.1
5	cm	59	51	49	40	29	228^c	32.6
	ncm	45	42	31	27	23	168^a	24
	cmcc	61	55	52	33	31	232^c	33
	ncmcc	60	58	52	37	25	232^c	33
7	cm	62	57	52	41	28	240^c	34.3
	ncm	53	39	39	32	20	183^a	26.1
	cmcc	64	60	57	38	22	241^c	34.4
	ncmcc	56	58	54	43	25	236^c	33.7

Means with the same letters in a column are not significantly different (). Results are mean scores of 8.

(b) −1.5 m compost height

Period (days)	Substrate	Flush					Total	B.E (%)
		1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
3	cm	48	46	45	37	19	195^a	27.9
	ncm	50	45	45	32	30	202^a	28.8
	cmcc	65	62	53	44	37	261^b	37.3
	ncmcc	66	59	57	51	24	257^b	36.7
5	cm	59	51	35	31	26	202^a	28.9
	ncm	70	70	42	63	34	279^c	39.9
	cmcc	71	64	58	52	43	288^c	41.1
	ncmcc	71	72	59	50	45	297^d	42.4
7	cm	63	53	40	37	30	223^a	31.9
	ncm	68	60	55	53	39	275^c	39.3
	cmcc	74	64	60	58	43	299^d	42.7
	ncmcc	71	67	57	49	44	288^d	41.1

Means with the same letters in a column are not significantly different (). Results are mean scores of 8.