International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences
ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 2 Number 8 (2013) pp. 221-225 
Effect of wheat straw components on the yield of Pleurotus eous 
Siddhant1*, Swapanil Yadav2 , Aquil Ahmad2 and C.S. Singh 
1Mushroom Research Laboratory, K.S.S. P.G. College, Ayodhya- Faizabad, (U.P.) India 2Department of Botany, Gandhi Faiz-e-Aam College, Shahjahanpur, (U.P.) India 3Department of Botany, K.S.S. P.G. College, Ayodhya- Faizabad, (U.P.) India *Corresponding author e-mail: sidsmushroom@yahoo.co.in 
A B S T R A C T
Present study deals with the use of various components of wheat straw e.g. fine and coarse pieces of leaves and leaf sheath (0.2 and 0.4cm) and stem (1.0 and 1.7cm) for various parameters of mushroom production. Among various component of wheat straw, pieces of stem (1.0 and 1.7cm) were proved best with 341 gm, 68.2% and 336 gm, 67.2% yield and biological efficiency, respectively than wheat straw as a whole. 
Keywords
Biological efficiency; Wheat straw. Pleurotus eous.