Casing media for Agaricus Bisporus cultivation in South Africa

dc.contributor.advisorAlbert Eicker
dc.contributor.advisorMartmari van Greuning
dc.contributor.postgraduateLabuschagne, Petronella Magrietha
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-12T06:00:52Z
dc.date.available2022-01-12T06:00:52Z
dc.date.created19/8/2021
dc.date.issued1995
dc.descriptionDissertation (MSc)--University of Pretoria, 1995.
dc.description.abstractA casing medium plays an important role in the commercial cultivation of Agaricus bisporus Lange (Sing). Clay-loam field soil, a mixture of peat with ground limestone, or reclaimed weathered, spent compost or other alternatives like paper pulp and coconut fibre pith, could be applied as casing medium to the colonized compost. The casing medium and the environmental factors influence the mushroom mycelium to change from the vegetative phase to the reproductive phase, resulting in formation of fruitbodies. Sphagnum peat neutralized with calcitic lime/calcium carbonate (CaCO3) is currently the most popular casing medium used in most mushroom producing countries.
dc.description.availabilityUnrestricted
dc.description.degreeMSc
dc.description.departmentPlant Science
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/83253
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of Pretoria
dc.rights© 2021 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria.
dc.subjectUCTD
dc.subjectCasing media
dc.subjectAgaricus Bisporus cultivation
dc.subjectSouth Africa
dc.titleCasing media for Agaricus Bisporus cultivation in South Africa
dc.typeDissertation

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