Yield response of mushroom (Agaricus bisporus) on wheat straw and waste tea leaves based composts using supplements of some locally available peats and their mixture with some secondary casing materials

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 088-094

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

^a MUGLA SITKI KOCMAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Activator materials; Casing materials; Mushroom; Waste tea leaves; Wheat straw; Yield

Indexed keywords

PEAT;

AGARICUS BISPORUS; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; COMPOST; MANURE; MUSHROOM; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; PLANT LEAF; PLANT YIELD COMPONENT; SAND; TEA; TILLAGE; WASTE; WHEAT; WHEAT BRAN;

AGARICUS BISPORUS; BASIDIOMYCOTA; COLUMBA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 38549100556     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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