Research Article

First Preliminary Report on Isolation and Characterization of Novel Acinetobacter spp. in Casing Soil Used for Cultivation of Button Mushroom, Agaricus bisporus (Lange) Imbach

Table 2

Chemical characteristics with respect to macro- and micronutrients for casing mixtures recovered during the successive stages of button mushroom.

CharacteristicsFYM+SC (3 : 1)FYM+VC (3 : 1)
0 day stageMycelium-impregnated stagePinning stageHarvesting stage0 day stageMycelium-impregnated stagePinning stageHarvesting stage

Organic matter (%)25.38 ± 0.1128.91 ± 0.2027.76 ± 0.2026.06 ± 0.0824.81 ± 0.2026.42 ± 0.0825.82 ± 0.3025.02 ± 0.16
Macronutrients
 Organic C (%)14.10 ± 0.1416.06 ± 0.1615.42 ± 0.1414.47 ± 0.2313.78 ± 0.0714.67 ± 0.0114.34 ± 0.0113.9 ± 0.2
 N (%)0.92 ± 0.021.41 ± 0.051.32 ± 0.041.09 ± 0.091.02 ± 0.041.33 ± 0.081.21 ± 0.021.15 ± 0.40
 P (%)0.78 ± 0.011.2 ± 0.091.05 ± 0.010.98 ± 0.040.8 ± 0.051.08 ± 0.020.94 ± 0.040.90 ± 0.02
 K (%)0.9 ± 0.021.21 ± 0.011.01 ± 0.021.06 ± 0.190.83 ± 0.121.16 ± 0.011.04 ± 0.060.94 ± 0.11
 Ca (ppm)11.51 ± 0.1813.72 ± 0.0813.8 ± 0.1612.91 ± 0.077.99 ± 0.1411.76 ± 0.0410.16 ± 0.019.69 ± 0.16
 Mg (ppm)5.23 ± 0.025.01 ± 0.024.98 ± 0.024.84 ± 0.026.33 ± 0.017.89 ± 0.187.56 ± 0.055.8 ± 0.01
Micronutrients
 Cu (ppm)0.025 ± 1.650.037 ± 1.030.032 ± 0.970.028 ± 1.040.016 ± 0.010.023 ± 0.960.019 ± 1.430.017 ± 1.36
 Zn (ppm)0.128 ± 0.040.416 ± 0.010.329 ± 0.010.282 ± 0.010.067 ± 0.110.269 ± 0.080.188 ± 0.010.221 ± 0.01
 Mn (ppm)1.01 ± 0.011.2 ± 0.021.16 ± 0.031.10 ± 0.010.86 ± 0.021.04 ± 0.160.98 ± 0.050.91 ± 0.02
 Fe (ppm)0.059 ± 0.010.088 ± 0.020.076 ± 0.030.063 ± 0.010.034 ± 0.020.056 ± 0.010.048 ± 0.010.041 ± 0.02