WASET 
	%0 Journal Article
	%A Sandoval Villa Héctor and  Estrada Velazco Evaristo and  Chavarría Alamilla Luis
	%D 2013
	%J International Journal of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
	%B World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology
	%I Open Science Index 79, 2013
	%T Sustainable Production of Oyster Mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus) in Chiapas, Mexico
	%U https://publications.waset.org/pdf/16303
	%V 79
	%X Pleurotus ostreatus is a common edible mushroom with a number of properties that can help to solve the nutritional and economical problems of people in Chiapas, Mexico. The objective of this project was to produce the mushroom under a sustainable management in which only regional products were allowed as a way to promote the cultivation and consumption of Pleurotus ostreatus; 5 different substrates were tested as well as 2 sanitation methods. The obtained results showed that the highest yields were obtained using corn husk and a thermal sanitation method. Pests and diseases were not a problem during the project but they appeared more in the substrates sanitized with calcium hydroxide.

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