Lignocellulosic jute waste products, viz. leaves, stick and caddis, generated in large quantities from jute cultivation and industry were used as separate substrates and in admixture with rice straw in a 1:1 ratio for the production of the edible mushroom Pleurotus sajorcaju (Fr.) Singer. While growth of mushroom mycelia was hindered on jute leaves, jute stick and caddis separately, and as ...