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

Table 7

Effect of substrates on yield and biological efficiency per flush of P. ostreatus.

Substrates	Yield (mean ± SD) (gm)			Biological efficiency (mean ± SD) (%)
	1^st flush	2^nd flush	3^rd flush	1^st flush	2^nd flush	3^rd flush
T1	166 ± 48.49^b	131.6 ± 32.71^b	49.66 ± 15.53^b	16.6 ± 4.84^b	13.16 ± 3.27^b	4.96 ± 1.55^b
T2	65.66 ± 18.00^c	24.66 ± 4.61^c	14.66 ± 0.57^c	6.56 ± 1.800^c	2.46 ± 0.46^c	1.46 ± 0.05^c
T3	150.66 ± 42.00^b	136.66 ± 64.76^b	56.33 ± 28.88^b	15.06 ± 4.20^b	13.66 ± 6.47^b	5.63 ± 2.88^b
T4	480.33 ± 48.29^a	285.00 ± 56.34^a	128.00 ± 9.84^a	48.03 ± 4.82^a	28.50 ± 5.63^a	12.80 ± 0.98^a

Means followed by the same superscript letter along the column are not statistically different ().