title: Dynamics of the chemical composition and productivity of composts for the cultivation of Agaricus bisporus strains.
abstract: Two compost formulations based on oat straw (Avena sativa) and brachiaria (Brachiaria sp.) were tested for the cultivation of three Agaricus bisporus strains (ABI-07/06, ABI-05/03, and PB-1). The experimental design was a 2 × 3 factorial scheme (composts × strains) with 6 treatments and 8 repetitions (boxes containing 12 kg of compost). The chemical characterization of the compost (humidity, organic matter, carbon, nitrogen, pH, raw protein, ethereal extract, fibers, ash, cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin) before and after the cultivation of A. bisporus and the production (basidiomata mass, productivity, and biological efficiency) were evaluated. Data were submitted to variance analysis, and averages were compared by means of the Tukey's test. According to the results obtained, the chemical and production characteristics showed that the best performances for the cultivation of A. bisporus were presented by the compost based on oat and the strain ABI-07/06.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Ciências Exatas e Sociais Aplicadas, Universidade do Sagrado Coração, Bauru, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Meire Cristina Nogueira
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: de Andrade
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Produção Vegetal/Defesa Fitossanitária, Módulo de Cogumelos, Faculdade de Ciências Agronômicas, Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho", Botucatu, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: João Paulo Furlan
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: de Jesus
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Produção Vegetal/Defesa Fitossanitária, Módulo de Cogumelos, Faculdade de Ciências Agronômicas, Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho", Botucatu, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Fabrício Rocha
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: Vieira
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Produção Vegetal/Defesa Fitossanitária, Módulo de Cogumelos, Faculdade de Ciências Agronômicas, Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho", Botucatu, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Sthefany Rodrigues Fernandes
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Viana
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Agroindústria, Alimentos e Nutrição, Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz", Universidade de São Paulo, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Marta Helena Fillet
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Spoto
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Produção Vegetal/Defesa Fitossanitária, Módulo de Cogumelos, Faculdade de Ciências Agronômicas, Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho", Botucatu, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Marli Teixeira
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: de Almeida Minhoni
mesh_terms: D000364:Agaricus / Q000254:growth & development*; D018554:Avena; D035201:Brachiaria; D012987:Soil / Q000737:chemistry*; D012988:Soil Microbiology
chemical_list: D012987:Soil
keywords: Agaricus bisporus; compost; nutritional value; productivity; strains