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Mango Sawdust With Cow Dung Gives Best Oyster Mushroom Yields

Mango Sawdust With Cow Dung Gives Best Oyster Mushroom Yields

Oyster mushroom

What they found

Oyster mushrooms grew best on mango sawdust with 50% cow dung and rice bran, reaching 94% biological efficiency.

Oyster mushrooms grew best on mango sawdust with 50% cow dung and rice bran, reaching 94% biological efficiency.

The number

best biological efficiency recorded at 94%

How solid is it?

Field study

Field study

Cultivation trial

Cultivation trial

Evidence ladder: Lab dish → Animal → Early human → Strong human. Reviews summarize earlier research.

At a glance

Latin name

Pleurotus ostreatus

Pleurotus ostreatus

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journals.sjp.ac.lk

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Section

ECOLOGY & CONSERVATION

ECOLOGY & CONSERVATION

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Mango Mushroom Method

Mango Mushroom Method

Oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus ostreatus) grew best on mango sawdust mixed with 50% cow dung and rice bran. This substrate combo produced the highest yield, averaging 1.4 kg per 1.5 kg of dry substrate, with the best biological efficiency recorded at 94%. It also had the fastest colonization time (17.6 days) and earliest harvest (20.4 days).

Oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus ostreatus) grew best on mango sawdust mixed with 50% cow dung and rice bran. This substrate combo produced the highest yield, averaging 1.4 kg per 1.5 kg of dry substrate, with the best biological efficiency recorded at 94%. It also had the fastest colonization time (17.6 days) and earliest harvest (20.4 days).

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