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

Table 7

Yield and biological efficiency of the four Pleurotus species on noncomposted coffee husks substrate.

Pleurotus species	Flush (grams)
	1^st	2^nd	3^rd	4^th	Total	BE in %
P. citrinopileatus	294 ± 0.83^a	180 ± 0.26^a	76 ± 0.43^e	NG	550 ± 0.56^e	36.67 ± 0.57 ^a
P. eryngii	248.50 ± 0.41^b	152 ± 0.87 ^b	58 ± 0.77^f	NG	458.50 ± 0.76^f	30.56 ± 0.46^b
P. ostreatus	337 ± 0.53^c	268 ± 0.84^c	183 ± 0.34^g	74 ± 0.37^a	862 ± 0.46^g	57.46 ± 0.41^c
P. sapidus	318 ± 0.27^d	207 ± 0.48^d	134 ± 0.39^h	86 ± 0.78^b	745 ± 0.61^h	49.67 ± 0.73^d

All values are means of triplicates ± SD. Levels not connected by the same letter under the same column are significantly different (). NG = no growth.