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PESQUISA AGROPECUARIA BRASILEIRA
Volume 48, Issue 2, Pages 197-202Publisher
EMPRESA BRASIL PESQ AGROPEC
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-204X2013000200010
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Pleurotus; fruiting body; mushroom cultivation; proximate composition; yield components
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- Mushroom Research Center of the Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Malaysia
- Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- National Mushroom Development and Extension Centre newly introduced Pleurotus strains'. (Namdec), Dhaka, Bangladesh
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The objective of this work was to evaluate yield and chemical composition of oyster mushroom strains newly introduced in Bangladesh. Strains of Pleurotus high-king (strain PHK), P ostreatus (strain PO2), and P geesteranus (strains PG1 and PG3) were evaluated as to yield components and proximate composition. Pleurotus ostreatus was used as control. Pleurotus high-king showed fastest growth of primordia, but moderate flush of effective fruiting bodies. Pleurotus geesteranus (PG1) showed higher economic yield and biological performance, and better chemical composition, especially in terms of protein and mineral contents. Pleurotus geesteranus (PG1) shows better performance than P ostreatus(PO2), the most commercially cultivated edible species in Bangladesh, and, therefore, it should be recommended for commercial cultivation.
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