Research Article

Valorization of Olive Pruning Residues through Bioconversion into Edible Mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus (Jacq. Ex Fr.) P. Kumm. (1871) of Improved Nutritional Value

Table 2

Substrate effect on various parameters of mushroom growth and production.

Treatment100% MC (DAS)FNHF1 (DAS)MW (g)BY (g/bag)BE (%)EY (g/bag)

WS7.7 ± 1.1a3.0 ± 0.0c34.7 ± 4.6a13.1 ± 2.8a910.1 ± 236.3b105.0 ± 27.2b871.4 ± 238.4b
WS : OLPR 3 : 1 (v/v)7.7 ± 3.0a2.0 ± 0.0b46.0 ± 8.0b12.2 ± 2.4a624.9 ± 222.1ab80.3 ± 28.5ab590.0 ± 231.63ab
WS : OLPR 1 : 3 (v/v)7.7 ± 0.6a1.3 ± 0.6a31.0 ± 1.0a13.2 ± 3.5a406.8 ± 11.6a54.1 ± 1.5a388.4 ± 11.82a
1.000.000.030.890.040.090.05

Values are mean ± SD; means within the same column followed by the same letters are not significantly different at according to Duncan’s multiple range test. MC: mycelial colonization, FN: flush number, HF1: time to harvest the first flush, MW: individual mushroom weight, BY: biological yield, BE: biological efficiency, EY: economic yield, and DAS: days after spawning.