The cultivation of the button mushroom, Agaricus bisporus, in The Netherlands: a successful industry
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https://doi.org/10.33885/sf.2004.3.930Keywords:
Agaricus bisporus, The Netherlands, history, cooperatives, compost, spawn, degeneration, marketing, mushroom industryAbstract
The publication describes the development of the Netherlands mushroom
(Agaricus bisporus) industry . It gives the incentives that have been causative for its rapid
growth, i.e. the cooperative organisation of the industry itself and its guidance by the national
ministry of agriculture. This has led to its position of being the third producer and the first
exporter of the white button mushroom in the world. In the past thirty years the industry has
grown tenfold, to its present production volume of 270.000 tonnes annually. Further the
article also describes the developments in substrate technology and the requirements for
making indoor-compost. Also developments in spawn production and prevention of
"degeneration"are discussed. The article ends with a discussion of the quality requirements of
basic materials, i.e. compost, casing and spawn and gives recommendations for disease
management, decrease of labour costs and the responses to market and consumer demands.
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