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Effect of Crude Oil Polluted Soil and Substrate Quantity on Some Morphological Characters of Pleurotus ostreatus (Jacq.) P. Kumm and Pleurotus pulmonarius (Fries) Quel Fruit Bodies

Onyeizu UR1,*, Ukoima HN2, Chukunda FA2 and Nwoko MC3

1Department of Environmental Management and Toxicology, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike, Nigeria

2Department of Forestry and Environment, Rivers State University of Science and Technology, Port Harcourt, Nigeria

3Department of Plant Science and Biotechnology, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike, Nigeria

*Corresponding Author:
Onyeizu UR
Department of Environmental Management
and Toxicology, Michael Okpara
University of Agriculture Umudike, Nigeria
Tel: 2348065189734
E-mail: ur.onyeizu@mouau.edu.ng

Received Date: February 28, 2017 Accepted Date: June 26, 2017 Published Date: June 28, 2017

Citation: Onyeizu UR, Ukoima HN, Chukunda FA, Nwoko MC (2017) Effect of Crude Oil Polluted Soil and Substrate Quantity on Some Morphological Characters of Pleurotus ostreatus (Jacq.) P. Kumm and Pleurotus pulmonarius (Fries) Quel Fruit Bodies. J Bioremediat Biodegrad 8: 401. doi:10.4172/2155-6199.1000401

Copyright: © 2017 Onyeizu UR, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Abstract

The study was conducted to determine the influence of different levels of crude oil pollution on some morphological characteristics of P. ostreatus and P. pulmonariusfruit bodies. Crude oil treatment was done at 2%, 4% and 6% levels to 2,500 g/kg of garden soil. A.gayanus substrate was used in two quantity layers of 150 g/kg (4 cm) and 300 g/kg (8 cm) and placed on top of the polluted soil before spawn inoculation. The Cap Size (C.S cm), Stipe Length (S.L cm) and Weight (Wt. g/kg) of each mature mushroom fruit body were determined. Data collected were analysed using Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), while mean separation was done using Duncan Multiple Range Test (DMRT). Results showed that mean and standard error mean (mean± SEM) of C.S, S.L, and Wt of fruit bodies of both oyster mushrooms were not significantly different at p<0.05. Therefore, the various levels of crude oil pollution (2%, 4%, and 6%), as well as A.gayanus substrate layers/quantities of 4 cm/150 g/kg and 8 cm/300 g/kg did not affect some of the morphological characters of the Oyster mushroom species studied.

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