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Corn Cob Substrate Nearly Doubled Oyster Mushroom Yields

Corn Cob Substrate Nearly Doubled Oyster Mushroom Yields

Oyster mushroom

What they found

Oyster mushrooms grown on corn cob–amended substrate yielded up to ~888 g per bag versus ~470–680 g on rice straw.

Oyster mushrooms grown on corn cob–amended substrate yielded up to ~888 g per bag versus ~470–680 g on rice straw.

The number

up to ~888 g per bag

How solid is it?

Field study

Field study

Cultivation trial

Cultivation trial

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At a glance

Latin name

Pleurotus ostreatus

Pleurotus ostreatus

Published in

js.cmu.edu.ph

js.cmu.edu.ph

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Section

GROWING & GOURMET

GROWING & GOURMET

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Farm-Waste Harvest

Farm-Waste Harvest

Oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus) grown on corn cob–amended substrate produced up to ~888 g per bag, compared with ~470–680 g on standard rice-straw mixes, when paired with optimized misting. Cap size reached ~64 mm and fruit counts exceeded 140 per bag under the best corn cob + indigenous microorganism misting treatment. This on-farm cultivation study shows agricultural waste and simple misting tweaks can nearly double oyster yields.

Oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus) grown on corn cob–amended substrate produced up to ~888 g per bag, compared with ~470–680 g on standard rice-straw mixes, when paired with optimized misting. Cap size reached ~64 mm and fruit counts exceeded 140 per bag under the best corn cob + indigenous microorganism misting treatment. This on-farm cultivation study shows agricultural waste and simple misting tweaks can nearly double oyster yields.

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