Table 2.
Effect of compost organic nitrogen sources on mushroom yield in experiments conducted in medium- and large-scale facilities (> 1 tonne compost)
| N source | Inclusion, %* | Yield, % of control | Control compost | Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | @ Min | @ Max | |||
| Blood, dried meal | 0.45–1.25 | 1.96–3.21 | 110–126 | 77–115 | Horse manure | (Riethus 1962) |
| Blood, dried meal | 0.27 N | 0.4 N | 141 | 146 | Horse manure | (MacCanna 1969) |
| Brewers’ grains | 31.25 | 126 | Horse manure | (Riethus 1962) | ||
| Brewers’ grains | 9.15 | 100 | Horse manure | (Schisler and Patton 1974) | ||
| Canola meal | 12 dm | 106 | Horse manure | (Rinker 1991) | ||
| Cattle slurry | 10 | 40 | 100 | 83 | Horse manure | (Grabbe 1974) |
| Cattle slurry | 35 dm | 134 | Straw, poultry manure | (Dawson 1978) | ||
| Cocoa meal | 50 N | 100 N | 72 | 40 | Straw, poultry manure | (Noble et al. 2002) |
| Cotton seed meal | 2.5 | 128 | Horse manure | (Bech and Riber Rasmussen 1969) | ||
| Cotton seed meal | 0.14 N | 0.20 N | 139 | 123 | Horse manure | (MacCanna 1969) |
| Cotton seed meal | 5 | 109 | Horse manure | (Gerrits 1977b) | ||
| Digestate, poultry manure | 60 | 88 | Straw, poultry manure | Noble (unpublished) | ||
| Fish solubles | 5 | 11.8 | 100 | 100 | Horse manure | (Schisler and Patton 1974) |
| Grape marc | 11 | 114 | Straw, horse and poultry manures | (Pardo et al. 1995) | ||
| Guano | 1.05–2.09 | 3.34 | 72–125 | 112 | Horse manure | (Riethus 1962) |
| Hop waste, dried | 100 N | 88 | Straw, poultry manure | (Noble et al. 2002) | ||
| Horn meal | 0.89 | 1.78 | 62–118 | 0–92 | Horse manure | (Riethus 1962) |
| Pig manure | 81 | 96 | 69 | 0 | Straw, poultry manure | (van Loon et al. 2004) |
| Poultry manure, broiler | 9 | 89–111 | Horse manure | (Gerrits 1977b; Gerrits 1989) | ||
| Poultry manure, broiler | 33 | 50 | 100 | 103 | Straw, poultry manure | (Gerrits 1989) |
| Poultry manure, broiler | 20 | 62.5 | 100 | 146 | Straw, poultry manure | (Noble and Gaze 1996) |
| Sea algae meal | 2.49 | 3.13 | 90 | 94 | Horse manure | (Riethus 1962) |
| Sugar cane bagasse | 100 | 100 | Horse manure | (Kneebone and Mason 1972) | ||
| Vegetable wastes | 25 | 105 | Straw, poultry manure | (Noble and Dobrovin-Pennington 2007) | ||
| Wool waste | 5 | 92 | Straw, poultry manure | (Noble and Dobrovin-Pennington 2007) | ||
* - % w/w of fresh weight, dry matter (dm) or total nitrogen content of N sources (N)