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AXENIC CULTIVATION OF PLEUROTUS SPP. ON SAWDUST OF COCONUT (COCOS NUCIFERA LINN.) BARK SUPPLEMENTED WITH AND/OR RICE BRAN

ABSTRACT

The effect of sawdust supplementation of coconut bark with 0, 20 and 40% of wheat and/or rice bran on growth rate (cm day -1), vigor, period of primordials formation and yield of two strains of Pleurotus ostreatus and one of P. ostreatoroseus were investigated. The supplementation influenced all parameters tested.

KEY WORDS
Pleurotus ; coconut bark; axenic cultivation; agricultural wastes; mycelium growth

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