Suitability of selected supplemented substrates for cultivation of kenyan native wood ear mushrooms (Auricularia auricula)

American Journal of Food Technology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 395-403

  Onyango, B O ^a   Palapala, V A ^b   Arama, P F ^a   Wagai, S O ^a   Gichimu, B M ^c  

^a MASENO UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b MASINDE MULIRO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Kenya)

^c Coffee Research Foundation ^*  (Kenya)

Author keywords

Auricularia auricula; Biological efficiency; Fruit bodies; Kenya; Pinning

Indexed keywords

AURICULARIA AURICULA; BIOLOGICAL EFFICIENCY; FRUIT BODIES; KENYA; PINNING;

FRUITS; PLASTIC CONTAINERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRAIN; WOOD;

SUBSTRATES;

FRUITS; KENYA; PLASTIC CONTAINERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRAINS; SUBSTRATES; WOOD;

AURICULARIA AURICULA-JUDAE; BASIDIOMYCOTA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 78049492784     PISSN: 15574571     EISSN: 1557458X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ajft.2011.395.403     Document Type: Article

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