Table 2
Chemical characteristics with respect to macro- and micronutrients for casing mixtures recovered during the successive stages of button mushroom.
| | Characteristics | FYM+SC (3 : 1) | FYM+VC (3 : 1) | | 0 day stage | Mycelium-impregnated stage | Pinning stage | Harvesting stage | 0 day stage | Mycelium-impregnated stage | Pinning stage | Harvesting stage |
| | Organic matter (%) | 25.38 ± 0.11 | 28.91 ± 0.20 | 27.76 ± 0.20 | 26.06 ± 0.08 | 24.81 ± 0.20 | 26.42 ± 0.08 | 25.82 ± 0.30 | 25.02 ± 0.16 | | Macronutrients | | | | | | | | | | Organic C (%) | 14.10 ± 0.14 | 16.06 ± 0.16 | 15.42 ± 0.14 | 14.47 ± 0.23 | 13.78 ± 0.07 | 14.67 ± 0.01 | 14.34 ± 0.01 | 13.9 ± 0.2 | | N (%) | 0.92 ± 0.02 | 1.41 ± 0.05 | 1.32 ± 0.04 | 1.09 ± 0.09 | 1.02 ± 0.04 | 1.33 ± 0.08 | 1.21 ± 0.02 | 1.15 ± 0.40 | | P (%) | 0.78 ± 0.01 | 1.2 ± 0.09 | 1.05 ± 0.01 | 0.98 ± 0.04 | 0.8 ± 0.05 | 1.08 ± 0.02 | 0.94 ± 0.04 | 0.90 ± 0.02 | | K (%) | 0.9 ± 0.02 | 1.21 ± 0.01 | 1.01 ± 0.02 | 1.06 ± 0.19 | 0.83 ± 0.12 | 1.16 ± 0.01 | 1.04 ± 0.06 | 0.94 ± 0.11 | | Ca (ppm) | 11.51 ± 0.18 | 13.72 ± 0.08 | 13.8 ± 0.16 | 12.91 ± 0.07 | 7.99 ± 0.14 | 11.76 ± 0.04 | 10.16 ± 0.01 | 9.69 ± 0.16 | | Mg (ppm) | 5.23 ± 0.02 | 5.01 ± 0.02 | 4.98 ± 0.02 | 4.84 ± 0.02 | 6.33 ± 0.01 | 7.89 ± 0.18 | 7.56 ± 0.05 | 5.8 ± 0.01 | | Micronutrients | | | | | | | | | | Cu (ppm) | 0.025 ± 1.65 | 0.037 ± 1.03 | 0.032 ± 0.97 | 0.028 ± 1.04 | 0.016 ± 0.01 | 0.023 ± 0.96 | 0.019 ± 1.43 | 0.017 ± 1.36 | | Zn (ppm) | 0.128 ± 0.04 | 0.416 ± 0.01 | 0.329 ± 0.01 | 0.282 ± 0.01 | 0.067 ± 0.11 | 0.269 ± 0.08 | 0.188 ± 0.01 | 0.221 ± 0.01 | | Mn (ppm) | 1.01 ± 0.01 | 1.2 ± 0.02 | 1.16 ± 0.03 | 1.10 ± 0.01 | 0.86 ± 0.02 | 1.04 ± 0.16 | 0.98 ± 0.05 | 0.91 ± 0.02 | | Fe (ppm) | 0.059 ± 0.01 | 0.088 ± 0.02 | 0.076 ± 0.03 | 0.063 ± 0.01 | 0.034 ± 0.02 | 0.056 ± 0.01 | 0.048 ± 0.01 | 0.041 ± 0.02 |
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