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

Table 4

Soil analysis after harvesting mushroom under different growth media.

Treatments	pH (H2O)	% O.M	% N	P mg/kg	K mmol/kg	Ca mmol/kg	Mg mmol/kg
Control	4.20^a	0.53^a	0.09^a	4.70^a	0.09^a	0.07^a	0.05^a
Loamy soil	6.25^e	2.71^h	1.36^h	14.98^g	0.58^e	2.00^g	1.20^f
Poultry manure	5.9^c	1.60^e	0.24^g	17.13^hi	0.45^d	1.50^e	0.89^e
Rice bran	6.45^f	0.99^b	0.16^de	11.70^e	0.21^b	0.61^c	0.30^c
Oil palm bunch ash	6.68^g	1.39^d	0.13^b	10.4^d	2.30^g	2.61^h	0.75^d
Wood ash	6.80^h	1.61^e	0.14^bc	8.90^c	3.80^i	0.89^d	0.77^d
Oil palm bunch husk	6.70^g	1.87^f	0.15^d	14.10^f	4.00^j	3.20^j	1.40^g
Soybean husk	6.10^d	1.88^f	0.19^f	16.10^h	1.50^f	1.65^f	0.90^e
NPK + loamy soil	6.51^e	2.0^g	0.24^g	15.10^g	3.50^h	0.90^d	1.20^f
Sawdust	5.80^b	1.2^c	0.13^b	8.40^b	0.33^bc	0.44^b	0.27^b

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