1Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Sangrur
2Krishi Vighan Kendra, Jalandhar
*Corresponding Author's Email: ravindermander@pau.edu
Online Published on 05 January, 2023.
The present investigation was carried out in District Sangrur of Punjab State by conducting on-farm trials at three different locations in Sunam, Bhawanigarh and Moonak blocks during Rabi2018–19, 2019–20 and 2020–21 to assess the suitable time of spawning at farmer field.The different treatments on spawning time of button mushroom production were: T1 - Spawning during first week of October as farmer practice, T2- Spawning during second week of October asfirst recommended sowing time by PAU, Ludhiana, T3 -Spawning during last week of Novemberas an intervention and T4- Spawning during first week of January assecond recommended sowing time by PAU. The experiment was conducted to assess the more suitable time for higher profit realization.The results of the studyrevealed that spawning during second week of October (T2)and spawning during first week of January (T4)wasfound to be the most beneficial time to get maximum production as well as highernet returns from button mushroom production under Punjab conditions.
Button mushroom, Spawning time, Economics, Harvesting span
