Brin Berge April 2014 The Future of the Portobello Mushroom (agaricus bisporus) as an Environmentally Sustainable and Nutritious Food Source Introduction Agaricus bisporus is the scientific name for the Portobello mushroom. The Portobello mushroom is one of the most widely cultivated and consumed edible mushrooms in the world. It is the most common edible mushroom in the United States, and has been since 1800. 50%Fifty percent of Portobello mushroom cultivation occurs in Pennsylvania. The industry
Introduction The coffee bean is one of the world’s most widely utilized commodities touching almost every continent. In the book Coffee Rust: Epidemiology, resistance, and management Ajjamada Kushalappa asserts, “After petroleum coffee is the most important product in international world trade” (Kushalappa, Eskes 1989) Given this fact, it can be safe to assume the growing of this crop plays a large role in many countries economic stability. Coffee rust is a disease of the Coffee tree which has
Health Benefits of Mushroom * Dr.K.Ramamurthi ** Dr.R.Geethalakshmi ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Cultivating mushrooms is a great way to accelerate the decay of the stump." -Larry Robertson A mushroom or toadstool is the fleshy, spore-bearing
are immobile. However, fungi do not perform photosynthesis hence they need to feed on other organisms. Thus they are more related to animals than plants. Fungi are further classified into Chytridiomycota (Chytrids), Zygomycota , Ascomycota and Basidiomycota by the shape and structure of sporangia. Fungi are useful in several ways; in the production of vitamins and antibiotics, fermentation of cheese and alcohol and decomposition of organic matter which lead to renewal of
(oyster) mushroom and Tembibir mushroom. Oyster mushroom scientifically falls under the genus Pleurotus while Tembibir (Fig. 5) belongs to Auricularia genus and Rose Sabah (Fig. 6) belongs Volvariella genus. These mushrooms are classified as “Basidiomycota”. 4.0
Introduction Fossil records indicate life has existed on this planet for at least 3.8 billion years. Most species that have ever existed are now extinct, yet the diversity of life on Earth is still so tremendous and complex scientists estimate there are 10-100 million species yet to be documented. Those that have been documented, have been categorized it into three domains, six kingdoms, twenty-nine phyla, and countless more subdivisions. Seemingly in spite of this diversity, a common ancestry unites