caa a22 4500 469102020 CHVBK 20180323133046.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e19920601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF00129083 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00129083 Utilization of lignocellulosic waste by the edible mushroom, Pleurotus [Elektronische Daten] [Yitzhak Hadar, Zohar Kerem, Barbara Gorodecki, Orly Ardon] Lignocellulosic waste represents huge amounts of unutilized renewable resource. The use of the polysaccharides in the lignocellulosic complex is limited due to their high lignin content. White rot fungi are capable of selectively degrading lignin, thereby upgrading it. The focus of this article is on the potential utilization of edible mushrooms of the genus Pleurotus, via solid state fermentation, using cotton plant stalks as a substrate. This material poses agrotechnical problems since the stalks have a fibrous structure similar to that of hardwood. Potential uses for this material are as a fuel in rural areas, a substrate for mushrooms, an animal feed and substrate for paper making. In this study, degradation of cotton stalks by Pleurotus is described using chemical analyses and scanning electron microscopy. During four weeks of solid state fermentation, lignin content significantly decreased and in vitro digestibility was increased. The fermentation product was consumed by ruminants at a level of up to 40% of their diet. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1992 lignin degradation nationallicence Pleurotus nationallicence lignocellulose utilization nationallicence solid state fermentation nationallicence Hadar Yitzhak Faculty of Agriculture, The Otto Warburg Center for Biotechnology in Agriculture, P.O. Box 12, 76100, Rehovot, Israel aut Kerem Zohar Faculty of Agriculture, The Otto Warburg Center for Biotechnology in Agriculture, P.O. Box 12, 76100, Rehovot, Israel aut Gorodecki Barbara Faculty of Agriculture, The Otto Warburg Center for Biotechnology in Agriculture, P.O. Box 12, 76100, Rehovot, Israel aut Ardon Orly Faculty of Agriculture, The Otto Warburg Center for Biotechnology in Agriculture, P.O. Box 12, 76100, Rehovot, Israel aut Biodegradation Kluwer Academic Publishers 3/2-3(1992-06-01), 189-205 0923-9820 3:2-3<189 1992 3 10532 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00129083 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00129083 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hadar Yitzhak Faculty of Agriculture, The Otto Warburg Center for Biotechnology in Agriculture, P.O. Box 12, 76100, Rehovot, Israel aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kerem Zohar Faculty of Agriculture, The Otto Warburg Center for Biotechnology in Agriculture, P.O. Box 12, 76100, Rehovot, Israel aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Gorodecki Barbara Faculty of Agriculture, The Otto Warburg Center for Biotechnology in Agriculture, P.O. Box 12, 76100, Rehovot, Israel aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ardon Orly Faculty of Agriculture, The Otto Warburg Center for Biotechnology in Agriculture, P.O. Box 12, 76100, Rehovot, Israel aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Biodegradation Kluwer Academic Publishers 3/2-3(1992-06-01), 189-205 0923-9820 3:2-3<189 1992 3 10532 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer