The effect of facility based substitute cultivation of sorghum straw on the yield and quality of Lentinula edodes
Lentinula edodes is an important edible and medicinal wood-decaying fungus.In the context of the increas-ing scarcity of forestry resources,it is very important to explore suitable alternatives to support the sustainable develop-ment of shiitake mushroom industry.This study conducted a facility based experiment to cultivate shiitake mushroom with different proportions of sorghum straw replacing part of sawdust,and selected the optimal ratio to achieve the bal-ance of yield and quality by measuring the total sugar,lignin,cellulose,calcium ion,phosphorus ion and pH of the shii-take mushroom stick and protein,total sugar and yield of the shiitake mushroom fruit body.The results showed that sor-ghum straw replacing part of sawdust could produce normal mushrooms and significantly increase the yield.When 15%sawdust in the sticks was replaced by sorghum straw,the yield increase was the most significant,with the average yield of each stick reaching about 1.65 times of that of a normal stick,and the quality of shiitake mushroom at this ratio was also improved to a certain extent.These results indicate that sorghum straw has good economic and utilization value in the facility based industry of shiitake mushroom alternative cultivation.