Table 2: Effect of substrate type on consecutive flushes and total yield of Pleurotus ostreatus mushrooms

Substrate Yield at 1st Harvest Yield at 2nd Harvest Yield at 3rd Harvest Total Yield
Cotton seed hull 1181.63a 768.70a 220.00b 2170.33a
Barley straw 743.47b 435.07b 308.36a 1486.90b
Teff straw 764.89b 325.82c 174.03c 1264.74c
Saw dust 399.03c 328.90c 100.67d 828.60d
Sesame stalk 355.67c 324.37c 123.20d 803.23d
F-test *** *** *** ***
LSD 77.52 57.35 27.25 101.21
CV 6.84 5.80 7.81 4.10

Means with the same letter within a column are statistically non-significant at P ≤ 0.05 according to Fishers’ LSD