Evaluating the Suitability of Baobab Fruit Shells as Substrate for Growing Oyster Mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus)

Table 1

Number of days taken for the developmental stages in baobab fruits shells, wheat straw, sawdust, and maize cobs.

Treatment	Variables
	S-FSR	FSR-PHF	S-PHF	S-FH	S-FMH
Trt1	25.8^ab	14.4^a	39.4^a	47.4^a	49.7^a
Trt2	22.8^b	7.4^b	30.1^b	31.3^c	31.4^c
Trt3	27.2^a	9.4^b	36.7^a	37.8^b	37.8^b
Trt4	29.5^a	10.5^ab	39.5^a	41.4^b	41.1^ab
Mean	26.4	10.4	36.4	39.5	40.0
Significance
CV%	13.9	32.4	14.5	19.1	18.1

Significant at . Within the columns, means followed by the same superscript letters are not significantly different, LSD0.05. S-FSR: days from spawning to full spawn run. FSR-PHF: days from full spawn run to pinhead formation. S-PHF: days from spawning to pinhead formation. S-FH: days to the first harvest. S-FMH: days from spawning to first marketable harvest.