Biocatalysis and agricultural biotechnology | 2021
Integrated use of treated dairy wastewater and agro-residue for Agaricus bisporus mushroom cultivation: Experimental and kinetics studies
Abstract
Abstract In this study, the combined application of treated dairy wastewater and agricultural residues for Agaricus bisporus mushroom cultivation is presented. For this, laboratory-scale cultivation of A. bisporus was done on a mixture of wheat straw and sugar cane bagasse substrates moistened with different concentrations of treated dairy wastewater (DWW) including, 0 (borewell water), 25, 50, 75, and 100%, respectively. Additionally, the mushroom growth patterns were analyzed using different kinetics models. The results revealed that substrate moistening using DWW showed a significant increase (P