Statistical Assessment on Utilization of Paddy Straw for Oyster Mushroom Production

Abstract

In this article, authors studied about the utilization of the waste paddy straw for oyster mushroom production incorporated with an effective microorganism (EM) and Agricultural lime. It was found that Paddy straw mixed with 4 ml EM showed the best results for higher biological efficiency which is 4.7%. While the shortest growing days was showed by sample consisting 2 ml of EM plus 15 g lime which is 31 days. Biological efficiency was increased with the increment of the EM volume, while the growing days of oyster mushroom decrease when the number of EM increases. Furthermore, the lime sample also showed a quite higher biological efficiency, which is 4%. Effective microorganisms give the most significant effect on the biological efficiency and growing days of oyster mushroom by increasing the biological efficiency while reducing the growing days.