National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692 Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Different silkworm residues in combination with paddy straw were evaluated for button mushroom (Agaricus bisporus Lange) production. The substrate was prepared by substituting silk worm leaf litter, silk worm excreta and spent silk moth residue with paddy straw at 25 and 50 percents. The yield and bio-efficiency of button mushroom was found to be highest in control treatment, paddy straw (927 g per 5.00 kg substrate and 61.80%, respectively) and the yield was ranged between 890 and 760 g per 5.00 kg substrates prepared with paddy straw in combination with silk worm leaf litter, silk worm excreta and spent silk moth residue. Nutritive value of mushrooms showed that the protein and fat contents were high in the mushrooms grown on substrate combination of paddy straw plus spent residue of silk moth (29.50% and 4.70). The total sugar was high in the treatment, paddy straw supplemented with silk worm leaf litter (28%). During the composting it was observed that the microbial counts like bacteria, fungi and actinomycete had increased up to 21st day of compost preparation and decreased thereafter, while the contents of cellulose and lignin had decreased with the progress of composting.
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