Growth and Yield Performance of Oyster Mushroom (P. ostreatus (Jacq.: Fr.) Kummer) Using Waste Leaves and Sawdust

Table 3

Effect of substrates on number of primordia and effective fruiting bodies per flush.

Substrates	Number of total primordia (mean ± SD)			Number of effective fruiting bodies (mean ± SD)
	1^st flush	2^nd flush	3^rd flush	1^st flush	2^nd flush	3^rd flush
T1	40.66 ± 6.80^a	18.00 ± 1.00^ab	21.33 ± 7.57^a	8.00 ± 2.00^c	10.33 ± 4.72^a	11.33 ± 6.11^ab
T2	14.66 ± 1.52^c	4.00 ± 1.00^c	3.66 ± 0.57^b	4.66 ± 1.15^bc	2.66 ± 1.52^c	2.66 ± 0.57^c
T3	8.00 ± 6.55^c	9.66 ± 8.96^bc	5.66 ± 2.51^b	3.00 ± 1.00^b	6.33 ± 4.50^ab	4.33 ± 1.52^bc
T4	25.00 ± 3.00^b	18.66 ± 0.57^a	19.00 ± 1.00^a	15.66 ± 3.21^a	8.00 ± 1.00^ab	13.33 ± 5.50^a

Means followed by the same superscript letters within a column are not statistically different ().