Cultivation of oyster mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus on date-palm leaves mixed with other agro-wastes in Saudi Arabia
Joint Authors
al-Ananbah, Khulud M.
Bu Qillah, Nahlah al-Sayyid
al-Kaff, Nadiyah S.
Source
Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences
Issue
Vol. 21, Issue 6 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.616-625, 10 p.
Publisher
Publication Date
2014-12-31
Country of Publication
Saudi Arabia
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
Promoting the use of agricultural waste is one of the newly prepared water and environment friendly agriculture strategies in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA).
The objective of this research was to study the efficiency of cultivating oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus) on date palm wastes mixed with other agricultural wastes available in KSA.
Four agricultural wastes were mixed with date palm leaves at different ratios, with two supplements and three spawn rates were used.
Wheat straw mixed with date palm at ratio of 25 (date palm) : 75 (agro-waste) showed the best results in most of the parameters measured.
Corn meal was superior over wheat bran as a supplement in all treatments.
Parameter values increased with the increase of the spawn rate of P.
ostreatus.
Treatments with date palm leave wastes contained higher carbohydrates and fibers.
No significant differences were found among the fruiting bodies produced on the different agrowastes studied for the different proximates analyzed.
Analyses of metal concentration showed that potassium was the highest in all the treatments tested followed by Na, Mg, Ca, and Zn.
This is the first study that reported the success of growing oyster mushroom on date palm leaf wastes mixed with other agro-wastes obtainable in KSA.
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Ananbah, Khulud M.& Bu Qillah, Nahlah al-Sayyid& al-Kaff, Nadiyah S.. 2014. Cultivation of oyster mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus on date-palm leaves mixed with other agro-wastes in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences،Vol. 21, no. 6, pp.616-625.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-427752
Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Ananbah, Khulud M.…[et al.]. Cultivation of oyster mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus on date-palm leaves mixed with other agro-wastes in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences Vol. 21, no. 6 (Dec. 2014), pp.616-625.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-427752
American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Ananbah, Khulud M.& Bu Qillah, Nahlah al-Sayyid& al-Kaff, Nadiyah S.. Cultivation of oyster mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus on date-palm leaves mixed with other agro-wastes in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences. 2014. Vol. 21, no. 6, pp.616-625.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-427752
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 624-625
Record ID
BIM-427752