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 7

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

Pleurotus speciesFlush (grams)
1st2nd3rd4thTotalBE in %

P. citrinopileatus294 ± 0.83a180 ± 0.26a76 ± 0.43eNG550 ± 0.56e36.67 ± 0.57 a
P. eryngii248.50 ± 0.41b152 ± 0.87 b58 ± 0.77fNG458.50 ± 0.76f30.56 ± 0.46b
P. ostreatus337 ± 0.53c268 ± 0.84c183 ± 0.34g74 ± 0.37a862 ± 0.46g57.46 ± 0.41c
P. sapidus318 ± 0.27d207 ± 0.48d134 ± 0.39h86 ± 0.78b745 ± 0.61h49.67 ± 0.73d

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