Recycling of Lignocellulosic Plant Wastes in Cultivation and Production of Oyster Mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus)

Abstract

In this research, some local available plant residues, which are including wheat straw, date palm fronds and date palm fibers were used for cultivating and production of oyster mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus. The potential for using lignocelluloses wastes as essential substances for substrate preparation in the production of mushroom was used to study their effects on the yield, biological efficiency (BE) were determined. The results showed that the three substrates (wheat straw,date palm fronds, date palm fibers) gave yield of mushroom (143gm, 131gm, 106gm) and BE % gave (76%, 35%, 35%) respectively. The morphological characteristic was determined and influenced by various substrates. The diameter of pileus gave (6.7cm, 6.5cm, 9.75cm) respectively and stipe length gave (5cm, 7cm, 7cm) respectively. The number of effective fruit bodies were(22.5, 4 ,7.5) respectively. In conclusion Mushroom cultivation is one of the efficient ways by which residues can be recycled. P. ostreatus grown on different substrates are nutritious with high protein, fiber and low fat. It may also offer economic incentives for agribusiness to examine these residues as valuable resources and develop new enterprises to use them to produce nutritious mushroom products. Therefore, the mushroom cultivation may become one of the most profitable agribusiness that could produce food products from different substrates and help to dispose them in an environment friendly manner.