Pleurotus ostreatus cultivation in the Highlands of Chiapas, Mexico
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https://doi.org/10.33885/sf.2004.3.912Keywords:
Rural production, Pleurotus ostreatus, Tzeltal women, alkaline immersionAbstract
Among the women of Tzeltal origin in The Highlands of Chiapas, Mexico, the rural
production of Pleurotus ostreatus is becoming an economic alternative in the lasts years. In
the Tenejapa county (among 1140 to 2440 asl), there are 53 cultivation units and the
responsible for 35 of them were interviewed. Among the most commonly used substrates are
corn cob, corn stalks and coffee husk, that are normally treated by alkaline immersion in a tap
water-lime 0.5% solution (pH= 10.9 ± 0.2) before spawning. The majority of production
units (81%) are made of wooden materials, metal sheet roofed and soil grounded. Only
14.3% have tap water service and 54.3 % have electricity. Size of premises varies between:
4x4 m, 5x4 m, 6x4 m y 8x4 m. Capacity of synthetic logs incubation varies between 32 and
200. Groups of 18-19 women take care of production in each unit. 66% of them receive
support from men in certain activities in the production process. Mean biological efficiency is
estimated to be 67.7% with an annual production of 10 ton of P. ostreatus in three production
cycles. The spent mushroom substrate is not used. The chemical characterization of straw
spent mushroom substrate is shown.
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