Studies on Volvariella esculenta (Mass) Singer: Cultivation on agricultural wastes and proximate composition of stored mushrooms

Food Chemistry

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 161-163

  Fasidi, Isola O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; COMPOSTING; COTTON; CROP; FOOD STORAGE; GROWTH CURVE; MUSHROOM; MYCELIUM; NIGERIA; STRAW; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0030062812     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0308-8146(95)00082-8     Document Type: Article

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