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Online resource; title from PDF title page (CAB eBooks, viewed on October 14, 2021)

Includes bibliographical references and index

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- About the Editor -- Contributors -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 History, Health Benefits, Market, and Production Status of Button Mushroom -- Zeina El Sebaaly, May Hammoud and Youssef Najib Sassine -- Abstract -- 1.1 Edible Fungi in History -- 1.2 History of Agaricus bisporus Cultivation -- 1.3 The Genus Agaricus -- 1.3.1 History of the name Agaricus -- 1.3.2 Taxonomy -- 1.3.3 Characterization and distribution -- 1.3.4 Agaricus species -- 1.4 The Species Agaricus bisporus -- 1.4.1 Taxonomy and naming -- 1.4.2 Life cycle

1.4.3 Vegetative and reproductive structures -- 1.5 Nutritional and Medicinal Value of Agaricus bisporus -- 1.5.1 Energy -- 1.5.2 Dry matter -- 1.5.3 Ash -- 1.5.4 Proteins and amino acids -- 1.5.5 Carbohydrates -- 1.5.6 Sugar alcohols -- 1.5.7 Organic acids -- 1.5.8 Fats -- 1.5.9 Vitamins -- 1.5.10 Minerals -- 1.5.11 Phenols -- 1.5.12 Flavonoids -- 1.5.13 Flavor and aroma -- 1.5.14 Toxicants -- 1.5.15 Medicinal importance -- 1.6 Global Mushroom Production and Trade -- 1.6.1 Most popular species -- 1.6.2 Market share in global trade -- 1.6.3 Leading producers -- 1.6.4 Major consumers

1.6.5 Marketed forms of mushrooms -- References -- 2 Substrates for Growing Agaricus bisporus -- Zeina El Sebaaly, Rita Najjar and Youssef Najib Sassine -- Abstract -- 2.1 Nutritional Requirements of Mushrooms -- 2.1.1 Carbon -- 2.1.2 Nitrogen -- 2.1.3 Minerals -- 2.1.4 Vitamins and growth regulators -- 2.1.5 Biological nutrition -- 2.2 Physical Requirements of Substrates -- 2.2.1 Temperature -- 2.2.2 Humidity -- 2.2.3 Carbon dioxide -- 2.2.4 Light -- 2.3 Compost Properties -- 2.3.1 Carbon/nitrogen ratio -- 2.3.2 Organic matter -- 2.3.3 Moisture content -- 2.3.4 pH

2.3.5 Electrical conductivity and redox potential -- 2.3.6 Bulk density -- 2.4 Formulation of Compost Mixtures -- 2.4.1 Natural and synthetic composts -- 2.4.2 Basic compost ingredients and supplements -- 2.4.2.1 Wheat straw -- 2.4.2.2 Animal manure -- 2.4.3 Compost formulas -- 2.5 Substrate Preparation: Old and Recent Methods -- 2.5.1 Long method of composting -- 2.5.1.1 How is the long method of composting performed? -- 2.5.2 Short method of composting -- 2.5.2.1 How is the short method of composting performed? -- 2.5.3 Phase I basics -- 2.5.3.1 Natural aeration -- 2.5.3.2 Passive aeration

2.5.3.3 Active aeration -- 2.5.4 Phase II basics and application -- 2.5.4.1 Ammonia clearance -- 2.5.4.2 Conditioning -- 2.5.4.3 Effect of temperature -- 2.5.4.4 Effect of oxygen -- 2.5.5 Ready-to-spawn compost -- 2.5.6 Advantages of the short method of composting -- 2.5.7 Indoor composting: evolution of the process -- 2.5.7.1 The INRA method of composting -- 2.5.7.2 The Anglo-Dutch method of composting -- 2.5.7.3 Advantages of indoor composting -- 2.5.8 Composting in bunkers -- 2.5.9 Systems and facilities for Phase II -- 2.5.9.1 Peak-heating chamber

Addresses both scientific and practical aspects of growing the common mushroom, Agaricus bisporus. It includes general aspects of mushroom cultivation, substrates properties, breeding, casing and cropping, pests and diseases, harvesting and postharvest technologies.