Growing Pleurotus Ostreatus On Different Agro-Waste:- Nkwopara, Godstime C

ABSTRACT Studies on growing Plerotus ostreatus mushroom on beans was spawn. Bagged bulk substrate were pasteurized by steam, inoculated at 5% spawn and incucbated at room temperature for three weeks before primordia emerged and developed into fruitbodies. Paspalum grass substrate gave the highest yield while groundnut pods gave the lowest yield. Acacia pods did not fructify at all probably due to contamination. There were significant differences between the numbers while there were no significant differences between the weights of fruitbodies harvested. And it is been recommended in this work that the use of Paspalum grass a waste resulting from lawn mowing should be further investigated especially with regard to i I supplementation with a view to adopting it in commercial production of Pleurotus ostreatus mushroom.