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Discus the mushroom production technology in detail.

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Mushroom production technology: Mushrooms are the fruiting bodies of a fungus. Mushrooms grow on compost. Commercial mushroom cultivation is a process utilizing waste materials such as horse manure, chicken manure, pig manure, wheat straw, rice straw, corn cobs, wood bark, sawdust, and cottonseed hulls to produce a delicious and nutritious food.

Mushroom production technology consists of six steps: Phase I composting, Phase II composting, spawning, casing, pinning, and cropping. These steps are described sequence-wise. Compost provides nutrients needed for mushrooms to grow.



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