The Effects of Different Substrate Combinations on Growth and Yield of Oyster Mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus)

Table 2

The effect of different substrate treatments on mushroom growth parameters investigated.

Treatment	Time (days)
	S-CSR	S-PF	PF-PM	DFH	TNP	SG	QS
T1 cw	18.2^a	23.2^a	2.8^a	26.0^a	29.8^a	4.7^ab	9.8^a
T2 ws	24.2^b	30.8^c	3.0^ab	33.8^bcd	23.8^bc	4.1^ab	9.2^ab
T3 bfs	21.0^b	30.0^bc	4.2^cd	34.2 ^cd	25.8^abc	4.5^ab	9.6^a
T4	20.0^ab	24.0^a	3.4^abc	27.4^a	29.2^ab	5.4^a	9.0^ab
T5 bfs cw	20.6^ab	27.2^b	4.0^bcd	31.2 ^cd	23.4^c	4.1^ab	8.6^bc
T6 bfs ws	25.0^c	31.0^c	4.6^d	35.6^d	20.6^c	5.0^a	8.4^bc
T7 cw ws	21.0^b	27.6^b	4.2^cd	31.8^bc	24.8^c	3.5^b	7.8^c
Mean	21.43	27.69	3.74	31.43	25.34	4.46	8.97
value	<0.001	<0.001	0.006	<0.001	<0.001	0.004	0.002
CV%	9.9	8.1	20.7	7.0	10.7	15.7	8.3

Within the columns, means followed by the same superscript letter are not significantly different, LSD_0.05. S-CSR: spawning to complete spawn run; S-PF: spawning to pinhead formation; QS: quality score; DFH: days to first harvests; TNP: total number of pins; SG: stipe girth; PF-PM pinhead formation to pin maturation.