Comparative Evaluation of Different Organic Media on Soil Chemical Composition, Growth, and Yield of Mushroom (Pleurotus tubergium L.)

Table 3

Effect of different growth media on the growth and yield parameters of Pleurotus tubergium mushroom.

Treatments	Crown width (cm)	Stalk length (cm)	Girth width (cm)	Weight of fruiting bodies (kg/ha)
Control	2.01^a	1.80^a	0.80^a	145.25^a
Loamy soil	5.03^g	3.32^de	3.35^e	322.88^i
Poultry manure	2.14^b	2.93^bc	3.33^ef	245.20^c
Rice bran	4.56^f	4.18^g	3.66^g	222.20^b
Oil palm bunch ash	2.18^bc	4.52^h	2.67^c	295.36^f
Wood ash	2.50^c	3.12^d	1.18^b	256.83^d
Oil palm bunch husk	2.09^b	4.76^hi	3.78^h	286.20^e
Soybean husk	3.21^de	3.88^f	3.95^j	303.33^h
NPK + loamy soil	5.37^gh	5.20^j	3.83^hi	400.00^j
Sawdust	3.09^d	2.58^b	3.07^d	301.70^g

Treatment means followed by the same letter are not significantly different from each other using Duncan Multiple Range Test at 5% level.