Effect of spent mushroom compost on yield and fruit quality of tomato

Abstract

An experiment was conducted to observe the performance of the composted spent mushroom substrate (SMS) along with chemical fertilizers on the yield, fruit quality and nutrient uptake by tomato plant for using the mushroom waste through composting. The experiment was laid out in a randomized complete block design with seven replications. Treatments were T 1 : no fertilizer and compost application (control), T 2 : recommended dose of fertilizers (RFD), T 3 : 25% SMC-N+ 75% fertilizer-N, T 4 : RFD + 2.5 t ha -1 SMC, T 5 : 50% SMC-N + 50% fertilizer-N, T 6 : 100% SMC-N and T 7 : 100% SMC-N + 50% fertilizer-N. Application of SMS compost at 2.5 t ha -1 along with recommended fertilizer dose showed the best performance for number of fruits, fruit yield, fruit quality (total protein, vitamin C, total sugar, reducing sugar) and nutrient uptake by tomato. This treatment showed significantly higher fruit yield, quality and nutrient uptake not only over control but also RFD, SMS compost alone and combination of SMS compost & RFD. Though SMS compost alone proved less effective, however combined application of SMS compost at 2.5 tha -1 with chemical fertilizer of recommended dose had shown to be more effective.

Influence of enriched spent mushroom substrate on microbial population, nutrient availability and yield of radish (Raphanus sativus L.)

“…The results are comparable with Ashrafi et al, (2015) [3] who reported that the N, P and K (kg/ha) uptake was increased due to the influences of different treatments of SMC. Gumus and Seker (2017) [9] found that the use of SMC contributed to enhancing the level of organic carbon and nitrogen in the soil.…”

Effect of Spent Button Mushroom Substrate on Yield and Quality of Baby Spinach (Spinacia oleracea)

“…e effect of SMS on plant growth and yield was evaluated in comparison to mineral fertilization in baby spinach. Several researches on SMS reveal the influence of SMC from oyster and button mushroom on plant growth yield [43,[58][59][60][61][62].…”

Evaluation of Spent Mushroom Substrate extract as biofertilizer for growth improvement of Rice (Oriza sativa)

“…Tuhy et al (2015) studied the use of spent mushroom substrate (SMS) of Agaricusbisporous as adsobant material for micronutrients to improve yield component of maize plant, he found that grain yield of maize treated with micronutrients delivered with (SMS) was higher than the traditional treatment. Ashrafi et al (2015) established that the application ofSMS compost at a rate of 2.5 t ha -1 along with recommended dose of mineral fertilizer showed the best performance for fruits number, fruit yield, fruit quality (total protein, total sugar, vitamin C, reducing sugar) in addition to nutrient uptake bytomato.…”