Enhancing mushroom production using physical treatments prior to fruiting body formation

• Main Authors: Roshita Ibrahim,, Nor Farha Liyana Yasin,, Adzemi Mat Arshad,, Sayed Mohamed Zain Sayed Hasan,
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2015
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8710/1/44_1_12.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8710/; http://www.mabjournal.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=505&catid=59:current-view&Itemid=56

There is an increasing world demand for mushrooms as their culinary uses and nutritional benefits become more widely known. The grey oyster mushroom (Pleurotus sajor-caju) is an edible mushroom commercially cultivated in Malaysia. In this study, the effects of high sound intensity, bright light, l...