Myoung-Jun Jang∗, Yun-Hae Lee and Young-Cheol Ju
Mushroom Research Station, GARES, Gwang-Ju 464-870, Korea
Correspondence to plant119@gg.go.kr
Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor J Mycol) December 31, 2010, 38(2):142-145.
https://doi.org/10.4489/KJM.2010.38.2.142
(Received August 10, 2010. Accepted October 12, 2010)
Published: December 31, 2010.
© The Korean Society of Mycology
In this study, we attempted to find substitute materials, swelling rice hull, cocopeat, corncob and coconut sawdust, for sawdust in bottle cultivation of Pleurotus ostreatus. Chemical characters of mixture substrates with four substitute materials for pine sawdust were not different significantly. By comparison in mycelial growth and yield of fruitbody, mixture substrate of cocopeat were showed the same level in P. ostreatus. Therefore, it is suggested that cocopeat was substituted for sawdust for cultivation of P. ostreatus.
Bottle Cultivation, Cocopeat, Oyster mushroom, Sawdust, Substrate