The fungus Agaricus bisporus is commercially grown for the production of edible mushrooms. This cultivation occurs on compost, but not all of this substrate is consumed by the fungus. To determine why certain fractions remain unused, carbohydrate degrading enzymes, water-extracted from mushroom-grown compost at different stages of mycelium growth and fruiting body formation, were analyzed for t...

Two cases of an acute chest illness occurring in mushroom workers are described. In one patient, who was severely ill, a lung biopsy was obtained which showed a pattern of alveolitis and interstitial fibrosis. The serum of both patients gave a precipitin reaction to an extraction of mushroom compost after spawning, but no reaction occurred to a variety of hay antigens used in the diagnosis of f...

Potential toxic metal (PTE) accumulation in soil and water is one of the major sources food crop contamination. PTE remediation from can be enhanced by addition organic matter to growing media. An experiment was carried out investigate effect different amendments on PTEs pea plant grown mine degraded soils. Mining soils chromite (CM), soap stone (SSM), manganese (MM), quartz (QM) were mixed wit...

The present investigation was carried out under open field conditions during the year 2018-19 to ascertain influence of spent mushroom compost, biofertilizers and foliar application water soluble fertilizer, Mono Potassium Phosphate (MKP) on flower yield economics French marigold ‘Local’. results revealed that overall cost cultivation as well production significantly influenced by various Integ...

The aim of this work was to study the parameters of the composting process of organic wastes originated from mushroom production industry. To accomplish these objectives three piles (P1, P2 and P3) obtained with a spent mushroom substrate (SMS) with different proportions of wheat straw (WS) and urea were composted for 90 days in a static-pile system with continuous monitoring of the process. Sa...