Degradative Ability of Mushrooms Cultivated on Corn Silage Digestate.

ABSTRACT: The current management practice of digestate from biogas plants involves its use for land application as a fertilizer. Nevertheless, the inadequate handling of digestate may cause environmental risks due to losses of ammonia, methane and nitrous oxide. Therefore, the key goals of digestate management are to maximize its value by developing new digestate products, reducing its dependency on soil application and the consequent air pollution. The high nitrogen and lignin content in solid digestate make it a suitable substrate for edible and medicinal mushroom cultivation. To this aim, the mycelial growth rate and degradation capacity of the lignocellulosic component from corn silage digestate, undigested wheat straw and their mixture were investigated on Cyclocybe aegerita, Coprinus comatus,

SUBMITTER: Fornito S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7412174 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature