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The document summarizes an experiment evaluating different paper and cardboard substrates for cultivating the white oyster mushroom Pleurotus florida. Ten materials were tested as substrates: eight types of paper (glaze paper, brown paper, newspaper, magazine paper, chart paper, kite paper, rough copy paper, and A-4 printing paper) and two types of cardboard (corrugated and plain cardboard). All substrates supported mushroom growth and fruiting. Yield and biological efficiency varied between substrates, ranging from 190-495 grams and 38-99% respectively over three flushes. Magazine paper and cardboard produced significantly higher yield and biological efficiency than the control (newspaper). Corrugated cardboard also produced significantly heavier individual mushrooms
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- 1. Page 53 Journal of Plant Physiology & Pathology | ISSN: 2329-955X | Plant Genomics & Mycology Congress 2019 | Volume: 7 July 15-16, 2019 Osaka, Japan 3rd World Plant Genomics and Plant Science Congress 4th World Mycology and Mushroom Congress & Meetings International Transform papers into food Siddhant1 , Ukaogo op2 , Singh R3 , Kumar M3 1 Durgesh Nandini Degree College, India 2 Abia State University, Nigeria 3 Independent Researcher, India Eight different kinds of papers, viz., glaze paper, brown paper, newspaper, magazine paper, chart paper, kite paper, rough copy paper and A-4 size printing paper and two types of cardboards viz., corrugated cardboard and card board were evaluated for different manifestations of white oystermushroom Pleurotus florida Strain-P1. Among them newspaper was later treated as a control. The mushroom utilized all the substrates for their growth and sporophore formation. Majority of substrates took almost equal time for spawn run primordial development and fruit bodies maturation. The yield parameters such as yield, biological efficiency, number of mushroom fruit bodies and average weight of sporophores varied among themselves. The crop of mushroom was harvested in three flushes where yield and biological efficiency ranged 190-495 gm, 38-99% for the substrate used. Magazine paper (450 gm; 90%) and card board (495 gm; 99%) produced significant (P=0.05) yield and biological efficiency over control. They also produced significant number of mushroom fruit bodies (56 and 64, respectively). Corrugated cardboard (10.29 gm) was found significant in terms of average weight per sporocarp. The percentage yield of different substrates was also evaluated. Among the substrates, card board contributed 14 % of total mushroom production followed by magazine paper (13%) and newspaper (12%). A) Rough copy paper B) Magazine paper C) Corrugated cardboard D) Brown paper E) Cardboard Biography Siddhant, M.Sc., Ph.D., FAELS, MIAER, FIARA, Assistant Professor, Department of Botany, Durgesh Nandini Degree College has completed his PhD in 2009 from Dr. RML Awadh University, Faizabad (India). He has been involved in research in mushrooms for the last 10 years. He has published more than 20 papers in reputed journals. siddhant.ani@gmail.com Siddhant et al., J Plant Physiol Pathol 2019, Volume: 7 Plate: Fruit bodies of Pleurotus florida on