Alternative culture media for the cultivation of Pleurotus sp.

• Main Author: Mabasa, Christopher Felix Ty
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 1996
• Subjects: Mushroom culture; Plant growing media; Fungi > Cultures and culture media
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/1370
• Institution: De La Salle University

Five improvised culture media were prepared using different fruit peelings. The fruit peelings used were of papaya, pineapple, banana, guava and mango. Growth rate in days and dry weights (g) of mycelia grown in these media were compared with the control Potato Dextrose agar (PDA). Based on the para...