Vol. 12, Issue 8 (2023)

Author(s):
Sharda Dubey, Pramod Kumar, Pushpa Yadav, Saurabh Mishra and Vijay Kumar Pathak

Abstract:
Over 70% of India's population lives in rural areas, with agriculture being the primary source of livelihood. The agricultural sector provides food security, economic security and employment opportunities for rural youth, but land degradation is increasing the number of smallholder farmers, making this sector alone It doesn't have enough potential to support the livelihoods of the people. Farmers. Mushroom cultivation provides a nutrient-rich substrate, mainly obtained by composting agricultural waste such as rice straw, sugarcane bagasse and wheat straw. The purpose of these studies was to examine the growth and yield of oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus ostreatus) grown under different foliar layers using different percentages of wheat straw. Yields of oyster mushrooms grown with Appropriate treatments were found to be higher with the T0 treatment (wheat straw) and lowest with the T5 treatment (maize leaf + 0% wheat straw). In the second mushroom harvest, treatment T0 (wheat straw) gave the highest yield and T7 (corn leaf + 30% wheat straw) gave the lowest yield. So I advised farmers to use wheat straw.