Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the change of water content in mushroom substrate, paddy straw, and the mycelial growth of oyster mushroom by various soaking time. The water content of paddy straw was gradually increased as the soaking time was getting longer. These experiments also showed that the water content in the upper part of paddy straw was less than that of the low part. The mycelial growth was the good between 4 and 12 hours soaking treatment, showing faster growth and higher density in the lower part than the upper part. However we could not found any significant variation among 5 strains of oyster mushroom in the effects of the various soaking times and soaking part. The pH of the lower part substrates had a low pH compared with that of the upper part. When pathogens and mushroom mycelia were co-inoculated on paddy straw under various soaking conditions, the mushroom mycelial growth showed fast and high density according to the increase of the soaking time. The experiment related to water transport reveals that it is not easy to move into upper part, but only soaked part by adding water is available to absorb enough water. Old straw was much better than the straw new this year one for water absorption, mycelial growth and mycelial density.
느타리버섯재배에서 침수조건과 배치재료에 따른 배지내의 수분변화와 느타리버섯 균사생장과의 관계를 확인한 결과 침수시간이 길어질수록 수분함량은 약간씩 증가되었으며, 볏짚부위별 수분흡수량은 상층부가 하층부보다 작았다. 침수시간별 균사생장은 $4{\sim}12$시간에서 양호하게 나타났으며, 상층부보다 하층부의 균사생장이 빠르고, 균사밀도도 높게 나타났다. 침수시간과 볏짚부위별로 처리된 배지에 5종의 느타리버섯 균주의 종균을 접종한 결과 균주간에 어떤 차이는 보이지 않았다. 침수시간이 길어질수록 배지의 pH가 낮아지고, 상층부보다 하층부가 pH가 낮은 경향을 나타냈으며, 침수시간을 달리하여 병원균과 버섯균을 접종하였을 때 침수시간이 길수록 균사의 밀도도 높았고 균사생장 속도도 빨랐다. 볏짚 내에서의 수분이동은 상층부로 쉽게 이동되지 않고, 첨가된 물에 의해 침수된 부위만이 충분한 수분을 흡수할 수 있다. 볏짚종류에서는 햇볏짚보다는 묵은 볏짚이 수분흡수가 빠르고 균일하며 균사생장, 균사밀도에서도 양호하였다.
