Cultivation of Agaricus bisporus on some compost formulas and locally available casing materials. Part I: Wheat straw based compost formulas and locally available casing materials

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 6, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 2225-2230

  Baysal, Ergun ^a   Yigitbasi, Osman Nuri ^a   Colak, Mehmet ^a   Toker, Hilmi ^a   Simsek, Hakan ^a   Yilmaz, Ferah ^a  

^a MUGLA SITKI KOCMAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Agaricus bisporus; Compost temperature; Composting; Peat of Agacbasi; Peat of Bolu; Peat of Caykara

Indexed keywords

PEAT;

AGARICUS BISPORUS; ARTICLE; COMPOST; COMPOSTING; MANURE; MUSHROOM; STRAW; TEMPERATURE; WHEAT;

AGARICUS BISPORUS; BASIDIOMYCOTA; COLUMBA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 35148883766     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/ajb2007.000-2349     Document Type: Article

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