• Patil S. S.
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Abstract: Pleurotus florida was cultivated on soybean straw for analyzing the nutritional content of spent mushroom straw (SMS). Results showed an increase in protein (4.30 to 8.80 %), ash (7.50 to 9.70 %) and moisture (7.10 to 8.30 %) content while a decrease in pH (7.25 to 5.40 %), Crude fiber (42.50 to 21.00%), total carbohydrates (80.66 to 48.60%), lignin (29.50 to 12.90 %), cellulose (35.80 to 18.50 %), hemicellulose (20.80 to 12.90 %) and tannin (42.10 to 20.20 %) content in spent straw as compare to soybean straw. During vegetative growth of the fungus (spawn run period), lignin degradation was faster and during fructification, lignin degradation was slower while cellulose and hemicellulose degradation in straw was faster in rate during fruitification. The cultivation of Pleurotus florida on soybean straw increased the nutritional content of spent straw. The protein content of spent straw increased while the lingo cellulosic content was reduced, making it more digestible and thus improved the potential feeding value of the resultant substrates as feed resources for ruminants.

Keywords: soybean straw, soybean spent straw, agro waste, Pleurotus florida.

"Nutritional Content of Soybean Spent Straw.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 12, page no.1003-1007, December-2020, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2011413.pdf

"Nutritional Content of Soybean Spent Straw.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 12, page no. pp1003-1007, December-2020, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2011413.pdf