Research Article

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 7

Average fat content (%) of mushrooms harvested on different substrates.

Substrate type Compost height
0.8 M 1.5 M
Composting period Composting period
3 days5 days7 days3 days5 days7 days

CM2.16 ± 0.132.17 ± 0.142.17 ± 0.122.15 ± 0.132.16 ± 0.142.16 ± 0.14
NCM2.14 ± 0.132.18 ± 0.132.20 ± 0.112.18 ± 0.122.17 ± 0.132.18 ± 0.13
NCMCC2.17 ± 0.142.17 ± 0.132.16 ± 0.132.17 ± 0.142.19 ± 0.132.16 ± 0.14
CMCC2.24 ± 0.122.19 ± 0.142.22 ± 0.122.18 ± 0.142.18 ± 0.142.15 ± 0.13

Results are mean scores of 3 ± SE.