Title: Development of a mulch substrate for mushrooms.
Contributor: Centro Tecnológico de Investigación del Champiñón de La Rioja (CTICH).
Years: 2015 – 2018
Objective: Development of a mulch substrate for mushroom cultivation
Summary:
The project has had several phases up to the final validation of the substrate.
- Selection of the different raw materials for the manufacture of the substrate.
- Initial screening at CTICH to select those with the best performance and discard the rest.
- Commercial scale testing by CTICH of 3 mixtures compared to commercial substrates.
- Trial in Commercial Facility with CTICH monitoring compared to commercial substrate