GROWTH PERFORMANCE, PROXIMATE AND MINERAL ASSAY OF PLEUROTUS TUBER-REGIUM (FR.) SING MUSHROOM GROWN IN IMO STATE POLYTECHNIC FARMLAND SUPPLEMENTED WITH PIG AND POULTRY DUNGS
Authors/Creators
- 1. Department of Science Laboratory Tech. Imo State Polytechnic, Umuagwo, Imo State
- 2. Department of Science Laboratory Tech. Petroleum Training Institute, Effurun, Delta State, Nigeria
- 3. Biochemistry Unit, Imo State Polytechnic, Umuagwo-Ohaji, Nigeria
- 4. Department of Agriculture Imo State Local Government Civil Service Commission., Nigeria
Description
The cultivation of Pleurotus tuber regium in an open farmland are rarely common, hence this pilot study assayed the growth performance, proximate and mineral assay of Pleurotus tuber-regium (Fr.) Sing mushroom grown using its sclerotia in Imo State Polytechnic farmland supplemented with pig and poultry(birds) dungs. The results (Figure 1 and Table 1) indicated that the pig (A) and poultry (B) dungs supported the growth more favourably than the farmland ( C ) alone with comparable nutritional values. While the Table 2 showed that the mushrooms from this pilot study were rich in mineral contents. The results from this study underscored that the Polytechnic farmland as well as its pig and poultry dungs supplemented, supported favourable growth and yield with appreciable nutritional values.