Authors : A. S. Rathod and A. S. Deshmukh
Page Nos : 407-409
Description :
Abstract:
Unused agro waste is converted into value added products such as gourmet and medicinal mushroom and the spent mushrooms substrate composted. In this study, SMS is composted along with the karanj seed cake waste and flyash and applied to Cicer aerietinum. The physical parameters, germination time, protein contents were observed. Compost with addition of karanj seed cake waste proved to be best for growth of Cicer aerietinum followed by fly ash compost than plain compost. Plain soil without compost supplementation had lowest results.
Keywords: Mushroom, Agro waste, substrate, Compost, Karanj, Fly ash.
