IJFANS International Journal of Food and Nutritional Sciences

ISSN PRINT 2319-1775 Online 2320-7876

CORN COB GRITS: A NEW SUBSTRATE FOR MUSHROOM SPAWN (PLEUROTUS FLORIDA)

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Jaya Singh , Saurabh Gupta, Deepak Mishra

Abstract

Corn cob grits, an agro-waste produced after harvesting of crop was tried for commercial spawn to reduce the economics of spawn preparation. The corn cob grits spawn showed better quality than of wheat grain spawn. After cropping and harvesting, corn cob grits spawn sowed good yield and biological efficiency. Over all, it was found to be economical with high yielding capacity.

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