Economically viable Mushroom (Pleurotus djamor) farming for nutritional security in Uttarakhand

Abstract

Pink oyster mushroom (Pleurotus djamor) owns a pleasant colour, good sensory attributes, high nutritional value, anti-oxidant, anti-microbial and medicinal properties. Cultivation of different types of mushroom has been accepted as a short-term income generating avenue under crop production for livelihood of the farmers. The present study was carried out to assess the nutritional quality, anti-oxidant activities and economic benefits of pink oyster mushroom at Research farm of G B Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand during 2015–18. The fresh whole mushroom was assessed for yield and physical parameters. It was exposed to 60±20C temperature for 8 h to prepare dried mushroom powder. The dried powder was used for proximate composition analysis and anti-oxidant activity study. The cost to benefit ratio was calculated on the basis of gross expenditure and net profit incurred in the trial field. The high contents of protein, fat and carbohydrate along with good anti-oxidant property and biological efficiency revealed the mushroom as a rich source of quality nutrients. The yield of 740.60 g/kg wheat straw withbenefit to cost ratio of 2.60 depicted economical viability of mushroom farming. The study concludes that, pink oyster mushroom farming can be explored for nutritional security in alleviating the malnutrition with economic benefits to the farmers in Uttarakhand.

An enhanced productivity of pink oyster mushroom with improved nutritional profile, characterization and attempt for commercial exploitation

“…Considering P.djamor, a maximum of 32.55 ± 0.21 GAE mg g −1 for phenols was reported by Sasidhara et al 40 The flavonoid content of different Pleurotus species varies from 1.40 ± 0.52 to 29.80 ± 0.27 mg QE g −1 dry weight of extracts as per the records of Arbaayah and Umi. 41 The present study revealed that P.djamor contains 5.47 ± 0.13 mg QE g −1 flavonoids, which is higher than the data published by Nayak et al, 42 who reported 2.48 ± 0.04 mg QE g −1 . The RSA of aqueous extract of P.djamor was tested against DPPH.…”

Cultural studies and yield attributes of pink oyster mushroom (Pleurotus djamor) in West Bengal

“…They also serve as excellent sources of polysaccharides, peptides, unsaturated fatty acids, tocopherols, ascorbic acid, terpenoids, phenolic compounds, nutraceuticals, antioxidants, and compounds with diverse health benefits, including anticancer, prebiotic, immune-modulating, anti-inflammatory, cardiovascular, antimicrobial, and antidiabetic properties. Numerous studies have highlighted mushrooms' remarkable array of beneficial compounds (Badalyan 2014;Rathore et al 2017;Gupta et al 2018;Kumar et al 2021;Nayak et al 2022).…”