Comparative study on yield and nutritional aspect of Pleurotus eous mushroom cultivated on different substrate.

Pleurotus eous was grown on different agro wastes viz., soybean, paddy, wheat, Jowar, Bajra, tur and sunflower straw to study the effect of these agro waste on yield, bio-efficiency and proximate composition of mushroom, P. eous on paddy straw showed significantly maximum stipe weight (1.10 g), Ca (360 mg / 100 g) content where as Bajra straw showed maximum pileus weight (5.98 g). Significantly maximum yield (820.33g/kg dry straw) with 82.03 % B.E. , protein (30.50 %)crude fiber (9.00 %) , ash (6.50%), P(965mg) , Fe (15.60 mg) content of mushroom were observed with soybean straw. Jowar straw favoured to show highest moisture (91.21 %) content, wheat straw showed maximum fat (2.62 %) content and sunflower straw showed maximum carbohydrate content (52.00%) in mushroom fruiting bodies.