Evaluation of waste paper for cultivation of oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus) with some added supplementary materials

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Table 6 The effect of substrates on Pileus diameter (cm)

Substrate	Mean ± SD and 95% CI of pileus diameter for each flush			Overall mean ± SD
Substrate	Flush 1	Flush 2	Flush 3	Overall mean ± SD
T1	7.30 ± 0.42^a	7.04 ± 0.74^a	6.32 ± 1.04^a	6.88 ± 0.84^a
T2	9.08 ± 2.29	7.26 ± 1.82^a	5.24 ± 1.41^b	7.19 ± 2.37^a
T3	10.58 ± 2.40^a	7.16 ± 0.76^a	6.16 ± 0.76^b	7.90 ± 2.66^ac
T4	6.08 ± 0.95^a	6.34 ± 0.97^a	5.12 ± 0.26^a	5.85 ± 0.92^ab
T5	6.28 ± 1.19^a	5.50 ± 1.98^a	4.42 ± 1.09^a	5.40 ± 1.57^a
T6	6.30^a	6.30^a	9.10^a	7.23 ± 1.61^a

Mean values followed by different superscript letters within a row and columns are significantly different (p < 0.05)