Year : 2023, Volume : 18, Issue : 2
First page : ( 334) Last page : ( 338)
Print ISSN : 2229-628X. Online ISSN : 2582-2683. Published online : 2023 July 11.
Article DOI : 10.5958/2582-2683.2023.00059.X

Disease assessment and casing variables for the cultivation of white button mushroom [Agaricus bisporus (Lange)]

Malik Umar Bashir, Kaur Gurvinder^*, Negi Hoshiyar Singh, Ghosh Pallavi

RIMT University, Mandi Gobindgarh, Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab–140 403, India

^*e-mail: kaur.plantpatho@gmail.com

Online Published on 11 January, 2024.

Received:  14  April,  2023; Accepted:  04  July,  2023.

Abstract

An essential step in the cultivation of white button mushrooms for commercial use is the addition of substrate at the casing to boost quality and yield. The goal of this experiment was to investigate how different casing combinations affected the growth and yield of the white button mushroom [Agaricus bisporus (Lange)] strain U3 as well as conduct a wet bubble and green mould disease assessment. The various casing compositions differed significantly from one another. The casing mixture Cocopeat + Farmyard manure + Rice husk (Steam pasteurization) produced the highest overall yield (816.66 g), while Cocopeat produced the lowest (516.66 g). A gain of 1.48 was generated for every rupee spent on research thanks to the BC ratio. During the 2020-2021 survey years, the incidence of the disease of wet bubble and green mould varied from 2.98 to 33.33 and 14.83 to 64.92 per cent, respectively in Punjab’s button mushroom farming farm districts. These studies will aid mushroom farmers in making the best casing material choices for the white button mushroom (A. bisporus), which has the best growth and yield potential.

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Keywords

Button mushroom, Casing, Wet bubble, Green mould.

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