Research Article

Cultivation of Different Oyster Mushroom (Pleurotus species) on Coffee Waste and Determination of Their Relative Biological Efficiency and Pectinase Enzyme Production, Ethiopia

Table 1

Average mycelia growth rate per day in diameter (mm) of the four Pleurotus species on different media.

Pleurotus speciesCulture media
CHs (substrate)CP (substrate)MEA (plate)

P. citrinopileatus4.13 ± 0.10a5.74 ± 0.26a4.94 ± 0.25a
P. eryngii4.00 ± 0.02a5.31 ± 0.32a4.71 ± 0.20a
P. ostreatus9.00 ± 0.10b10.25 ± 0.25b9.68 ± 0.50b
P. sapidus6.50 ± 0.50c8.14 ± 0.50c8.00 ± 0.50c

All values are means of triplicates ± SD. Levels not connected by the same letter under the same column are significantly different (). SD = standard deviation, CH = coffee husk, CP = coffee parchment, MEA = malt extract agar.