%0 Journal Article %A Bernardi, Eduardo %A Donini, Lorena Pastorini %A Minotto, Elisandra %A do Nascimento, Jose Soares %D 2007 %I Begell House %N 3&4 %P 373-378 %R 10.1615/IntJMedMushr.v9.i34.110 %T Cultivation of Three Pleurotus (Jacq.: Fr.) P. Kumm. Species on Pasteurized Elephant Grass (Pennisetum purpureum) Substrate %U https://www.dl.begellhouse.com/journals/708ae68d64b17c52,6ea08633161a503c,2a28edc646cbb8a1.html %V 9 %X The purpose of this research was to evaluate the productiveness, biological efficiency, and fresh and dry biomass of Pleurotus spp. cultivated in elephant-grass-based substrate. Three species of Pleurotus were used: Pleurotus ostreatus (strains BF24 and DF33), P. ostreatoroseus (strain POR01/06), and P. citrinopileatus (strain PAM01/06). Dry and powdered elephant grass was humidified for 24 hours, wrapped in bags, pasteurized at 100°C for 35 minutes, and finally inoculated with 3% spawn. The cultivation period extended for 105 days, encompassing 3 production flushes, and the beginning of the harvest was 25 days after substrate inoculation. P. ostreatoroseus presented the highest productiveness rates (33.16%), biological efficiency (132.64%), and fresh mass (331.60 g); the P. ostreatus strain BF24 presented the highest dry mass rate (31.16 g). %8 2007-08-28