Proximate analysis of different agricultural wastes used for the cultivation of Volvariella volvacea
2011
Imran-ul-Haq (University of Agriculture, Faisalabad (Pakistan). Dept. of Plant Pathology) | Khan, M.A. (University of Agriculture, Faisalabad (Pakistan). Dept. of Plant Pathology) | Inam-ul-Haq, M. (University of Arid Agriculture, Rawalpindi (Pakistan). Dept. of Plant Pathology)
Biochemical analysis of six different agricultural wastes (paddy straw, cotton waste, banana leaves, corn stovers, sugarcane baggasse and pulses straw) used as substrates was conducted before and after inoculation with the strain (Vv pk) of Volvariella volvacea. The nitrogen %age, crude protein, crude fiber and ash contents were estimated in all substrates used for the cultivation of edible fungus, to make the comparison that how much this edible fungus plays role in the enhancement of these estimated contents in all the above mentioned substrates before and after treatment with (Vv pk) of V. volvacea culture. The mean values of the nitrogen percentage of the substrates showed that it was high in the cotton waste (3.80) followed by the pulses straw, paddy straw and sugarcane baggasse and minimum nitrogen was found in the banana leaves. The mean values of the protein percentage of the substrates showed that highest protein was present in the cotton waste (20.00%) followed by the corn Stover (10.28%), banana leaves (8.96%), paddy straw (7.98%), pulses straw (7.05%) and sugarcane baggasse (6.86%). The highest crude fiber was found in cotton waste (42.36%), followed by the sugarcane baggasse (39.49%), rice straw and lowest percentage of the fiber was found in the banana leaves, 12.20%). The Ash contents were high in cotton waste (22.30%) followed by the paddy straw (20.20%).
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