INFLUENCE OF THE DURATION OF THE INCUBATION ON THE CROP YIELD OF THE SHIITAKE (LENTINUS-EDODES (BERK.) SINGER) CULTURE

The experiments presented are part of a programing aiming at achieving good crop yields in a short harvesting period. The importance of opti mising the incubation is emphasized. The influence of the duration of the incubation on the crop yield was investigated. Under the chosen gr owing conditions, the crop yield was highest after an incubation of 35 days. It was lower after an incubation of 47 days than after one of 3 5 days. The time course of CO2-production of cultures during the incub ation gave no indication of the optimal time for the transfer from the incubation to the harvesting phase.