Biological efficiency and nutritional value of Pleurotus sapidus cultivated on different substrates.

Pleurotus sapidus was cultivated on different substrates viz., soybean straw, paddy straw, wheat straw, jowar straw, bajra straw, tur straw and sunflower stalk, to determine the effect of these substrates on yield and nutritional contents of Pleurotus sapidus. Soybean straw showed significantly highest yield (with 72.86 % B.E.) with maximum protein (26.75%) and ash (7.00% content). Maximum carbohydrate (52.00 %), fat (2.60%) and moisture (91.33 %) content in fruiting bodies were recorded on wheat straw cultivation. Highest crude fiber content in fruiting bodies (8.00%) was recorded when cultivated on paddy straw