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 4

Yield and biological efficiency of the four Pleurotus species on composted coffee parchment substrate.

Pleurotus speciesFlush (grams)
1st2nd3rdTotalBE in%

P. citrinopileatus228.00 ± 0.56a157.00 ± 0.60e45.36 ± 1.00a430.40 ± 0.50e35.86 ± 0.50a
P. eryngii167.45 ± 0.78b76.91 ± 0.42f37.00 ± 0.48b281.40 ± 0.50f23.45 ± 0.79b
P. ostreatus288.00 ± 0.53c231.00 ± 0.52g144.30 ± 0.72c663.30 ± 0.51g55.27 ± 0.63c
P. sapidus264.81 ± 0.50d194.73 ± 0.61h106.64 ± 0.50d566.20 ± 0.51h47.18 ± 0.74d

All values are means of triplicates ± SD. Levels not connected by the same letter under the same column are significantly different ().