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Recycling of the biomass waste defatted almond meal as a novel nutritional supplementation for cultivated edible mushrooms
Date
2018-01-01Registration in:
Acta Scientiarum-agronomy. Maringa: Univ Estadual Maringa, Pro-reitoria Pesquisa Pos-graduacao, v. 40, 9 p., 2018.
1807-8621
10.4025/actasciagron.v40i1.39341
WOS:000434033300001
Author
Ctr Invest Experimentac & Serv Champinon
Univ Oxford
Univ Castilla La Mancha
Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
Institutions
Abstract
Defatted almond meal (DAM) is an useless biomass waste obtained after oil extraction. The substrate designed for mushroom cultivation is achieved through a controlled composting process from agricultural by-products (chicken manure and wheat straw). This work shows the potential of DAM as efficient compost supplement for culturing the species Agaricus bisporus (J.E. Lange) Imbach and Pleurotus ostreatus (Jacq.) P. Kumm. Supplementation during A. bisporus cultivation results in larger mushrooms with a firmer texture and higher dry matter and protein contents in comparing with the non-supplemented substrate. In P. ostreatus, supplementation at a dosage of 15 g kg(-1) provided a yield improvement up to 31.8%, compared to the control without supplement. The supplementation with DAM supposed equivalent or better yield than the commercial supplements. Therefore, the technique developed assessed good agronomic potential for application of DAM at the commercial scale in P. ostreatus cultures, adding value to a worthless organic by-product.