Biotechnology Research International

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 9

Average carbohydrate 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
CM74.61 ± 0.1374.49 ± 0.1474.68 ± 0.1374.52 ± 0.1274.61 ± 0.14 74.58 ± 0.13
NCM74.80 ± 0.1474.46 ± 0.1273.55 ± 0.1374.64 ± 0.1473.34 ± 0.1373.07 ± 0.13
NCMCC73.64 ± 0.1374.50 ± 0.1374.80 ± 0.1274.14 ± 01374.72 ± 0.1373.98 ± 0.12
CMCC72.19 ± 0.1373.88 ± 0.1373.92 ± 0.1474.51 ± 0.1374.77 ± 0.1474.80 ± 0.13
Results are mean scores of 3 ± SE.