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 8

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

Substrate type	Compost height
	0.8 M			1.5 M
	Composting period			Composting period
	3 days	5 days	7 days	3 days	5 days	7 days
CM	10.65 ± 0.13	10.60 ± 0.14	10.72 ± 0.12	10.62 ± 0.13	10.53 ± 0.14	10.69 ± 0.14
NCM	10.58 ± 0.13	10.54 ± 0.13	10.61 ± 0.14	10.68 ± 0.14	10.71 ± 0.12	10.48 ± 0.14
NCMCC	10.73 ± 0.12	10.78 ± 0.14	10.66 ± 0.13	10.57 ± 0.13	10.83 ± 0.13	10.66 ± 0.13
CMCC	10.64 ± 0.14	10.49 ± 0.12	10.78 ± 0.13	10.64 ± 0.14	10.80 ± 0.14	10.53 ± 0.13

Results are mean scores of 3 ± SE.