'Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Karachi'
Abstract
The sawdust of different woods were investigat
ed for the cultivation of exotic strain of
Pleurotus (flabellatus) djamor
(R-22)
to find out the efficiency of different nutrients including protein, fat, crude fiber, ash, dry matter and moisture.
Among all type of nutrients, protein, fat, cr
ude fiber, ash, dry matter and moisture of
Pleurotus ostreatus
on sawdust of
different woods were observed. Protein was observed on cont
rol treatment (cotton waste, kikar, mango, mixed sawdust,
simbal and kail (21.89), (21.64), (21.34), (21.16), (21.03) and
(20.75) % respectively. Fat was observed on control treatment
(cotton waste, kikar, mango, mi
xed sawdust, simbal and kail (0.80), (0.53), (0
.41), (0.33), (0.24) and (0.11)% respectively.
Crude fiber was observed on control treatment (cotton waste, kikar, mango, mixed sawdust, simbal and kail (8.92), (8.45),
(8.17), (7.96), (7.70) and (7.32) % respectively. Ash was observ
ed on control treatment (cotton waste, kikar, mango, mixed
sawdust, simbal and kail (7.65), (6.75), (6
.47), (6.39), (6.33) and (6.23%) respectively. Dry matter was observed on control
treatment (cotton waste, kikar, mango, mixed sawdust, simbal and kail (6.47), (6.27), (6.13), (6.01), (5.87) and (5.67) %
respectively. Moisture was observed on control treatment (c
otton waste, kikar, mango, mixed sawdust, simbal and kail
(84.55), (81.20), (79.85), (76.26), (74.35) and (71.14) % respectively. Oyster mushroom showed relatively more contents on
control treatment cotton waste as compared to other substrates. The maximum protein, fat, crude fiber, ash, dry matter and
moisture contents in
Pleurotus (flabellatus) djamor (R-22)
was obtained on Kikar sawdust .The lowest contents was
obtained on kail sawdust