AMB Express

Featured article: Supplementation in mushroom crops and its impact on yield and quality

Mushroom supplementation is an agronomic process which consists of the application of nutritional amendments to the substrates employed for mushroom cultivation. It has been shown that mushroom crop yield and quality can be significantly improved with the application of nitrogen and carbohydrate rich supplements, however new research lends support to the potential efficacy of hitherto underutilised supplemental nutrients. In this mini-review Carrasco et al. compile recent advances in the supplementation of substrates employed in mushroom cultivation and aim to shed light on some agronomical aspects regarding this expanding crop.

Editor's quote

The recent achievement of the high-quality journal "AMB Express," namely its being indexed by ISI, has made this fully open access journal even more attractive for authors. In the few years since its launch the journal has published several excellent and highly cited papers. Therefore, we can expect that the first impact factor published in the Thomas Reuters Science Citation Index will be reasonably high. The editors of "AMB Express" will ensure that the journal's performance and the quality of the published papers will continue to improve. Papers devoted to 'Industrial Microbiology' and in particular interest in 'White and Red Biotechnology' are highly welcome; this also includes short papers in which important achievements are communicated.

Alexander Steinbüchel, Editor-in-Chief
University of Münster