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    Growth and yield performance of Reishi/Ling Zhi mushroom (Ganoderma lucidum) using different bedding materials
    (Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University - South La Union Campus, 2005-03) Cabilitazan, Bernard G.; Cervantes, Ariel
    This experimental study determined the growth and yield performance of mushroom using different bedding materials. Spawns of Ganoderma lucidum were taken from the Cooperative Mushroom Production Center at San Anghel, Rosales, Pangasinan. This study was conducted at Brgy. Palacpalac, Pozorrubio, Pangasinan from September to December 2004. Single factor Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) was employed in the study with four treatments consisting of different bedding materials and replicated four times. The treatments were as follows: Treatment 0 (control]- 68% sawdust+30% rice bran +1% brown sugar +1% lime: Treatment 1- 68%corn meal +30% rice bran + 1% brown sugar + 1% lime: Treatment 2- 68% banana leaves + 30% rice bran + 1% brown sugar + 1% lime and Treatment 3- 68% ipil-ipil leaves + 30% rice bran + 1% brown sugar + 1% lime. Growth was determined in terms of diameter of the mushroom cap while yield was measured in terms of number of harvest and weight of harvest. The Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)set at 0.05 and 0.01 levels of significance was used to determine any significant difference between treatments. Results of the study showed that mushrooms with the widest diameter of the caps were produced from the bedding materials in Treatment 0 (control) containing sawdust. Highest number of harvest and heaviest weight of mushrooms were also obtained from Treatment 0 (control).