Beeswax waste improves the mycelial growth, fruiting body yield, and quality of oyster mushrooms (<i>Pleurotus ostreatus</i>).

ABSTRACT: Heilongjiang Province has the third largest bee population in China, producing over 2,000 tons of beeswax waste (BW) each year. Most of this BW is discarded or burned. Therefore, we urgently need to find sustainable applications of BW. Pleurotus ostreatus mushrooms, commonly referred to as oyster mushrooms, are cultivated for both food and medicine. The substrate used to grow P. ostreatus mushrooms often contains wheat bran as a nitrogen source. The goal of this study was to explore the feasibility of substituting this wheat bran with BW to cultivate P. ostreatus mushrooms. Five treatments were established, with BW making up 0%, 3%, 5%, 7%, and 9% of the total substrate, and the effects on the mycelial growth and development, biological efficiency (BE), and yield were

SUBMITTER: Pan C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11657188 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature