Effect of Management Practices Followed by Trainees on Dhingri (Pleurotus sajorcaju) Production

Significant differences in raw yield were obtained with the sprinkling of water once a day (525 g) and twice a day (1008 g) on the full grown mycelium bag when no fresh air was supplied, whereas the values were 755 g and 2560g, respectively when fresh air was supplied. The study revealed that majority of trainees (80%) compressed the spawn inoculated wheat straw slightly, 12 per cent of trainees filled spawn inoculated wheat straw too hard and also did not apply water, which resulted in no yield at all. It was evident from the study that filling up of the material, watering and maintaining an optimum temperature seems to be very important for obtaining good yields.