Vol. 11, Issue 3 (2023)

A study was undertaken to ascertain the effect of different substrates and their combinations on the yield of oyster mushroom (Pleurotus eous) at Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture, Nagpur, during 2012-2013. The Pleurotus eous was cultivated on different agro wastes viz., wheat straw, paddy straw, soybean straw, tur straw alone and in different combinations. The highest carbohydrate percentage was found in fruiting bodies harvested from whet straw 50% + paddy straw 50% (42.97 per cent). The highest protein percentage was found in fruiting bodies harvested from soybean straw (35.10 per cent). Substrate soybean straw showed highest fat percentage (2.22 per cent). Reducing sugar content of P. eous found highest on paddy straw (2.81 per cent).