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Evaluation of Burma Reed as Substrate for Production of Pleurotus eryngii

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Burma reed (Neyraudia reynaudiana), a giant C4 grass, was included in substrate at the rates of 0, 20, 40 and 66 % to partially or wholly substitute sawdust and cottonseed hulls to evaluate its suitability for Pleurotus eryngii cultivation. Inclusion of 20 and 40 % Burma reed did not significantly affect linear mycelial growth, dry matter loss, spawn run period and fructification, and achieved high fruiting body yields and biological efficiency of 336.67 g/bag, 67.33 % and 342.15 g/bag, 68.43 %, respectively, which were not significantly different from 350.08 g/bag to 70.02 % obtained from the control substrate. Enzyme assay revealed that on the mixed substrates laccase and manganese peroxidase activity were significantly enhanced, but cellulase was significantly reduced in the middle stage of incubation as compared with the control substrate. Even on Burma reed substrate without sawdust and cottonseed hulls, fruiting body yield (313.56 g/bag) and biological efficiency (62.71 %) were satisfactory, although significantly lower than that on the control substrate. Therefore, Burma reed was a promising potential substrate for P. eryngii production to largely substitute sawdust and cottonseed hulls.

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Acknowledgments

We would like to thank the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 31071837), the Projects of Science and Technology of Guangdong Province (Grant Nos. 2011B090400412, 2012B020316004) for financial assistance. The authors declare that experiments in the present study comply with the current laws of China, and they have no conflict of interest. All authors have agreed to submit this manuscript to the “Indian Journal of Microbiology”.

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  1. College of Food Sciences, South China Agricultural University, 483 Wushan Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, 510640, China

    Xian-lu Zeng, Jun-fang Lin & Li-qiong Guo

  2. Jiaying University, Meizhou, 514015, Guangdong, China

    Xian-lu Zeng

  3. Lantian Farming Co., Ltd, Fengshun, 514300, Guangdong, China

    Rong-wei Cao & Wei-qiang Zeng

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Zeng, Xl., Lin, Jf., Guo, Lq. et al. Evaluation of Burma Reed as Substrate for Production of Pleurotus eryngii . Indian J Microbiol 53, 181–186 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12088-012-0320-9

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