<i>Pleurotus ostreatus</i> Can Significantly Improve the Nutritive Value of Lignocellulosic Crop Residues

Lydia K. Olagunju; Omoanghe S. Isikhuemhen; Peter A. Dele; Felicia N. Anike; Brandon G. Essick; Nathan Holt; Nkese S. Udombang; Kelechi A. Ike; Yasmine Shaw; Rosetta M. Brice; Oluteru E. Orimaye; Michael Wuaku; Uchenna Y. Anele

doi:10.3390/agriculture13061161

Agriculture (May 2023)

<i>Pleurotus ostreatus</i> Can Significantly Improve the Nutritive Value of Lignocellulosic Crop Residues

Lydia K. Olagunju,
Omoanghe S. Isikhuemhen,
Peter A. Dele,
Felicia N. Anike,
Brandon G. Essick,
Nathan Holt,
Nkese S. Udombang,
Kelechi A. Ike,
Yasmine Shaw,
Rosetta M. Brice,
Oluteru E. Orimaye,
Michael Wuaku,
Uchenna Y. Anele

Affiliations

Lydia K. Olagunju: Department of Animal Sciences, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, 1601 East Market Street, Greensboro, NC 27411, USA
Omoanghe S. Isikhuemhen: Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Design, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, 1601 East Market Street, Greensboro, NC 27411, USA
Peter A. Dele: Department of Animal Sciences, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, 1601 East Market Street, Greensboro, NC 27411, USA
Felicia N. Anike: Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Design, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, 1601 East Market Street, Greensboro, NC 27411, USA
Brandon G. Essick: Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Design, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, 1601 East Market Street, Greensboro, NC 27411, USA
Nathan Holt: Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Design, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, 1601 East Market Street, Greensboro, NC 27411, USA
Nkese S. Udombang: Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Design, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, 1601 East Market Street, Greensboro, NC 27411, USA
Kelechi A. Ike: Department of Animal Sciences, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, 1601 East Market Street, Greensboro, NC 27411, USA
Yasmine Shaw: Department of Animal Sciences, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, 1601 East Market Street, Greensboro, NC 27411, USA
Rosetta M. Brice: Department of Animal Sciences, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, 1601 East Market Street, Greensboro, NC 27411, USA
Oluteru E. Orimaye: Department of Animal Sciences, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, 1601 East Market Street, Greensboro, NC 27411, USA
Michael Wuaku: Department of Animal Sciences, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, 1601 East Market Street, Greensboro, NC 27411, USA
Uchenna Y. Anele: Department of Animal Sciences, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, 1601 East Market Street, Greensboro, NC 27411, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture13061161
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 6
p. 1161

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Improvement in the nutritive value of corn stover after solid-state fermentation with Pleurotus ostreatus is reported. Two ruminally cannulated dairy cows were used in an in vitro study arranged in a 2 × 3 factorial design with four replicates using P. ostreatus-treated corn stover. The increase in crude protein (58.5%) and ash (25.8%) contents of the treated stover were significantly higher (p p p p p P. ostreatus improved the nutritive value of corn stover by increasing its energetic values, crude protein, microbial mass, and total volatile fatty acid concentrations.

Published in Agriculture

ISSN: 2077-0472 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Agriculture: Agriculture (General)
Website: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/agriculture

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