Effect of the Use of Pycnanthus angolensis and Different Supplements on Yields and on the Proximate Composition of Pleurotus sajor-caju

Table 1

Yield and biological efficiency of Pleurotus sajor caju cultivated on P. angolensis sawdust with different supplementation levels.

Substrates	1st flush (g)	2nd flush (g)	Total yield (g)	B.E (%)
Control	17.24	7.35	24.57 ± 0.021^cf	26.34 ± 0.57
5% OPF	12.22	10.84	23.04 ± 0.03^b	25.30 ± 0.38^b
10% OPF	15.49	9.32	24.81 ± 0.08^d	27.48 ± 0.34^d
15% OPF	17.88	10.35	28.25 ± 0.07^e	33.38 ± 0.14^e
20% OPF	20.08	10.89	30.99 ± 0.02^f	34.64 ± 0.35^f
100% OPF	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
5% PKC	9.89	5.78	15.48 ± 0.17^b	16.27 ± 0.21^b
10% PKC	10.33	7.27	17.64 ± 0.03^c	16.09 ± 0.11^b
15% PKC	15.98	10.30	26.23 ± 0.05^e	29.03 ± 0.05^d
20% PKC	19.98	11.21	31.20 ± 0.01^f	36.47 ± 0.10^e
100% PKC	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
5% RB	9.18	6.00	15.16 ± 0.05^c	18.83 ± 0.09^d
10% RB	7.77	3.45	11.22 ± 0.01^b	13.31 ± 0.38^b
15% RB	10.11	5.20	15.32 ± 0.01^d	17.28 ± 0.26^c
20% RB	15.89	6.10	21.99 ± 0.01^e	22.93 ± 0.13^e
100% RB	4.89	2.90	7.81 ± 0.01^a	7.53 ± 0.24^a
5% WC	18.87	10.99	29.81 ± 0.11^e	31.15 ± 0.25^e
10% WC	15.11	9.19	24.40 ± 0.12^b	27.08 ± 0.09^d
15% WC	19.99	11.28	31.22 ± 0.04^f	37.39 ± 0.36^f
20% WC	18.23	7.71	25.90 ± 0.11^d	25.11 ± 0.18^b
100% WC	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
5% CC	9.10	1.98	11.05 ± 0.04^e	14.14 ± 0.13
10% CC	5.09	1.03	6.08 ± 0.04^b	8.40 ± 0.33^b
15% CC	6.66	2.10	8.79 ± 0.08^f	9.13 ± 0.14^c
20% CC	7.00	2.34	9.52 ± 0.23^d	10.19 ± 0.07^c
100% CC	4.82	0.00	4.73 ± 0.22^a	6.09 ± 0.12^a

OPF: oil palm fibre, PKC: palm kernel cake, RB: rice bran, WC: wheat chaff, CC: corn cobs, B.E: biological efficiency.
Values are means of triplicates ± SD. Values in the same column carrying the same superscript are not significantly different according to Duncan’s multiple range test at ().