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The Potential of Growing Straw Mushroom (Volvariella volvacea)
Using Some Agro-Waste Material in Container
Suhaiza binti Mazlan @ Mohd Zaid
Supervisor: Dr. Shahrul bin Ismail
Bachelor of Applied Science
(Biodiversity Conservation and Management)
School of Marine and Environmental Sciences
Straw mushroom (Volvariella volvacea) are one of the edible mushroom that
has high demand due to its nutritive value. This study was conducted to observe
the growing of V. volvacea using some by-product materials. The experiment
conducted of four treatment which are paddy straw, sawdust, empty fruit bunch
of oil palm and mixture of sawdust and empty fruit bunch of oil palm in
container with Completely Randomized Design and replicated three times. The
growing of V. volvacea was evaluated in the green house at 31℃.The result
showed that the paddy straw is the potential substrate for growing V. volvacea
while sawdust, empty fruit bunch of oil palm and mixture of sawdust and empty
fruit bunch of oil palm shows poor observation. Furthermore, the cultivation of
V. volvacea has potential to local grower mushroom industry.
1771 | UMT UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH DAY 2018