Abstract
The objective of this study was to utilize agro-lignocellulosic wastes for growing oyster mushroom which become problematic for disposal. Pleurotus ostreatus was cultivated on five agro-industrial wastes: rice straw (RS), wheat straw (WS), corncobs (CC), saw dust and rice husk @ 3:1 (SR) and sugarcane bagasse (SB). Approximately 500 g sized polypropylene bags (20.32 × 30.48 cm) were used for each substrate. The SR significantly improved the number of fruiting body (27.80), size of the fruiting body (5.39 g), yield (115.13 g/packet), ash and shortened the days for stimulation to primordial initiation and harvest (9.2 days). The maximum percentage of visual mycelium growth with the least time (15.0 days) to complete the mycelium running was found in SB, whereas the highest biological efficiency value (56.5) was calculated in SR. The topmost value of total sugar (33.20%) and ash (10.87 g/100 g) were recorded in WS, whereas the utmost amount of protein (6.87 mg/100 g) and total polyphenolics (196.88 mg GAE/100 g) were detected from SB and SR, respectively. Overall SR gave the highest amount of the fruiting body with the topmost polyphenols and ash, moderate protein and total sugar, and secured maximum biological efficiency too. The results demonstrate that saw dust with rice husk could be used as an easy alternative substrate for oyster mushroom cultivation.
Highlights
Developing countries such as Bangladesh suffer much from a food insecurity problem, mainly due to inadequate and imbalanced diet intake
At 16 days after inoculation (DAI), the maximum growth was recorded in sugarcane bagasse (SB) (100) and wheat straw (WS) (97.0), while the lowest growth was in SR (46.6%)
Among the substrates used in this study, sugarcane bagasse exhibited faster mycelia growth and time from inoculation to mycelium running than other substrates; this did not correspond with time from stimulation to primordial initiation and stimulation to harvest, size, yield and quality of mushroom
Summary
Developing countries such as Bangladesh suffer much from a food insecurity problem, mainly due to inadequate and imbalanced diet intake. Bangladesh is an agrobased country and various agroindustries generate a large amount of lignocellulosic byproducts annually that are worthy of being transformed Some of these byproducts are used as feeds for livestock and the compost industry, and some are still treated as waste. These wastes are mainly burned for cooking purposes or disposed into surrounding environments, leading to various environmental problems These agro-industrial wastes can potentially be used in cultivating mushrooms, which, in turn, contribute to minimizing malnutrition problems and could reduce the environmental pollution [5]. Such uses helplandless and marginal farmers to increase their income through intensive indoor farming and create employment opportunities, especially for unemployed youth and women folk.
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