The usage of empty fruit bunch and palm pressed fiber as substrates for the cultivation of pleurotus ostreatus

• Main Authors: Mohd. Tabi, Amal Nafissa, Ahmad Zakil, Fathie, Mohd. Fauzai, Wan Nur Fauzan, Ali, Noorhalieza, Hassan, Onn
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Chemical and Natural Resource Engineering, UTM 2008
• Subjects: Unspecified
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/18830/1/Fathie%20Ahmad%20Zakil2008_The_usage_of_empty_fruit_bunch_EFB_and_palm_presse.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/18830/; https://www.researchgate.net/publication/237737001_The_usage_of_empty_fruit_bunch_EFB_and_palm_pressed_fibre_PPF_as_substrates_for_the_cultivation_of_Pleurotus_ostreatus

At present Malaysia is the largest exporter of palm oil in the international market. In the process of extraction of palm oil from oil palm fruit, biomass materials such as palm empty fruit bunch (EFB) and palm pressed fibre (PPF) are generated as waste products. This research was undertaken to eval...