COMPARATIVE STUDY ON THE YIELD PERFORMANCE OF VARIOUS VARIETIES OF OYSTER MUSHROOMS (Pleurotus florida, Pleurotus sajar-caju, Pleurotus eous and Pleurotus djamor)

S. CHANDRAPRAKASH¹*, K. PRITHIVIRAJ², S. SRIRAM³, M. MOGESH⁴, V.K. KISHORE⁵, S. SIBI⁶, B. SURJITH⁷, C. PARTHEEBAN^8
1Department of Crop protection, Faculty Centre for Agricultural Education and Research (FAR), Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute (RKMVERI), Coimbatore, 641 020, India
²Department of Crop protection, Faculty Centre for Agricultural Education and Research (FAR), Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute (RKMVERI), Coimbatore, 641 020, India
³Department of Crop protection, Faculty Centre for Agricultural Education and Research (FAR), Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute (RKMVERI), Coimbatore, 641 020, India
⁴Department of Crop protection, Faculty Centre for Agricultural Education and Research (FAR), Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute (RKMVERI), Coimbatore, 641 020, India
⁵Department of Crop protection, Faculty Centre for Agricultural Education and Research (FAR), Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute (RKMVERI), Coimbatore, 641 020, India
⁶Department of Crop protection, Faculty Centre for Agricultural Education and Research (FAR), Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute (RKMVERI), Coimbatore, 641 020, India
⁷Department of Crop protection, Faculty Centre for Agricultural Education and Research (FAR), Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute (RKMVERI), Coimbatore, 641 020, India
⁸Department of Crop protection, Faculty Centre for Agricultural Education and Research (FAR), Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute (RKMVERI), Coimbatore, 641 020, India
* Corresponding Author : suriyaprakash235@gmail.com

Received : 05-07-2022     Accepted : 27-07-2022     Published : 30-07-2022
Volume : 14     Issue : 7       Pages : 11484 - 11486
Int J Agr Sci 14.7 (2022):11484-11486

Keywords : Oyster mushroom, Pleurotus, Yield performance
Academic Editor : Dr Aayush Yadav
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to Department of Crop protection, Faculty Centre for Agricultural Education and Research (FAR), Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute (RKMVERI), Coimbatore, 641 020, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

Oyster mushrooms are considered an important health food all over the world. There are various varieties of mushrooms cultivated by the growers. The main objective of this study is to identify the high-yielding variety of oyster mushrooms. In this experiment, the spawn of various varieties of oyster mushrooms was inoculated in paddy straw and kept in a mushroom cultivation shed. The investigation shows that the highest yield (974.05 g) was recorded in Pleurotus florida with a biological efficiency of 97.40%, followed by Pleurotus sajar-caju with an 825.28 g yield and a biological efficiency of 82.53%. Pleurotus djamor recorded a low yield (552.30 g) with 55.23% biological efficiency

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