Sustainable mushroom production in Africa: A case study in Ghana

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 249-253

  Atikpo, Margaret ^a   Onokpise, Oghenekome ^b   Abazinge, Michael ^b   Louime, Clifford ^b   Dzomeku, M ^a   Boateng, L ^a   Awumbilla, Bawa ^c  

^a Food Research Institute Ghana   (Ghana)

^b FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Fish waste; Organic fertilizer; Oyster mushroom; Pleurotus species; Slow release nitrogen

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GHANA; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MUSHROOM; MYCELIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC WASTE; PLEUROTUS OSTREATUS; RICE BRAN; SAWDUST;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; PLEUROTUS; PLEUROTUS EOUS; PLEUROTUS OSTREATUS;

EID: 39049088481     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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