Air Flow Effects on Mushroom Production Keath M. Lom David Beyer and Tom Rhodes! ‘ere of arta aging. One of Dante, Nak, DE 1717 (oC pte fae os Te oan Sa ny Un ABSTRACT: Airflow observations i mushroom houses usin ight ‘sph ingistor (lags) showed that where tare was incr pat te alng the long anit of the rowing srice, tare were peblem ith {rop produton A series of experimental crops a the Musoom Test Demian Fsity were paced in cotraied i low stations to rmeasre he effet of alow on production afer pi et The ai ow ‘as consid to wal along 3 eters OF Brown Uae, 0 ta i temperate, moisture coment, nd gaseous components the ai cous thang without he eet of dition by zoom at. Te ining oF the peak harvest day ws the most noticeable eu ofthese experi. ‘Temperate, monte, nd COs changes and il eta ae Fepred. For example he lrges change in CO: conentraion was 16 pa forthe 3 ineter state, which wot indicate 1 CO: production rte of about | CO. persg jr, Tis ae occured jst efoe ad's harvest of 63 got mshrooms pers maf going surface 1.3 bef), intRopucTION ‘Te importance ofr quay and movement for growing mus rooms hasbeen known fr many years (Ster 1983, As moe sophie ‘corr fortmperature a ir propencs hve become seabed {sc hisher production ye unit area has boen relied, there i eed for Bet fer understanging othe inflence that ston the growing soos Flegg (1978 reported messremets ofa velocity and hat ate ‘to vaporaton, and ethers have referenced ha iformation Edwards 197%, ba there hasbeen inte experiment foul rece. Loefen (1985) reported on carbo donde production nts of temper omature and be noted other ste on CO: change a etd to variation a st) “This epi ake on so experimental rops grown at Penn State University's Mushroom Text Detonation Facility (MDE) Sanya Sn, 1995. This farm wes sal ays La by 18 meters odemonsirateconmecal practices oma research seal The ‘lding and yea rodotionpacices were desribed by Schroeder et 4 (1981) ater ten yeas of operation Te room clint contol systerk. Uses miro compute ised system (Atomated Envios Ie or ‘empeatre, humid and earn doside conta x wel Tor doce mentation of tose popes, 2 MATERIALS AND METHODS 21 Room plan ‘The production oom ate in set) atthe MTD consid vo ows of four sacks of ways Fig. Exch tack was six ay high with empty tay on op. Polyethylene urs were rolled dow long each ie of he "wo rows fo constrain aw from on dt the heron each evel “The carains were oled up for watering sn barvesting. [_——_—_— 4 At | A2 | AZ] AS - cata we 1. vew of radon om swing i sks of. Bree ere sn en a gig So) (ee == Fyre 2 Sie ven of ars sowing la ome Ac was supplied othe end of ech stack from a penn, apos eye hag 1-38 m wide, 3 High and.20m thik with 2 cn Hoes at tach evel above the easing srface Each le was fled by cet fal blower moving mixed rom at. The regia ication syste fe the room remained ax usual with cent duct slong the ein and no ‘es aimed at he wal (Shuoeder ea. 1976). The ste of added towers provided mined rom ir nd not the Cold, dys rom the duct system. The number of 2 em holes fr each evel was experimerally ‘determined by measuring the velocity of he ir tings low indies (Cama ea 1995) atthe mos cant aay from the isp. The ‘are i lw forthe Jansry, 1995, crop wae 30 cmc, For the ute, 195 cop sro was et swe within the rnge 15-25 cov. Fig, 2 sows 3p evel withthe pots of measurement in ai and substate ‘o compar te inlet and ole at popes. 22 Production proces Spd substrate preparation Phe {nd Phe I, spawning, sng and ate rowing procedures ofthe Mushroom Test Demonstration lity were followed (Beyer and Beeman 1998). The January op was ‘pase with Lamber 900, hybrid of-white sain andthe Je crop was Spawned with N- American 670, brid ofF white sean. The pawn sew for 8 day at subst emperatreof 25°C = 05 C. Ar cans tine, round soybeans, at ate of 008 hype yg of dey subst, were aed tothe fully grown spawned sostate. Casing consisted of pest moss mited ‘with geet, ground limexione a 18 hp pe ale (2 kof peat (one al bag of mestne pr bale of peat moss, eat mons was mene 0 er capacy af isto was mined with it CAC (compo aed a asin) wes ied jt roe applying the casing to the subse Fully frown spuined subrate(CAC) was broken up and ded at aa of 0.73 perm: Casing ws appidin a 0cm lave Standard warng peace sive was used fo quickly ase the casing moisture level strain, 2082.3 Instrumentation and measaremen, Homisiy ofthe twas messed wih tid minriype dw pin temperate mir (Oneps Mods EB. al temperate, balay bal ai emperatie and obstae tperre were measured wh Imsoupes. Carbon die coneaon wan means ih a Hae Mosel APBA-210, calito ambit som hi lt pe ad ‘6 olet points wae down hgh saneslecer sampler aeons {ning sensors to meas the che mare and ero swe ‘Theale unit was contol ty the dts render so tha each sample tube was comet fro minus on acontnay pling eens “The da ere was Carp Scentie CIO camer oa da storage unt The dat as dowloaded to pasonl compen imported Ln 33 for amy "Yield of musloome wn determin eich ay of aves by hand viking and cating of the ems fresh ret, He fo ech Soko sts wa svumuted in ete conac conan) nd weighed win wo Rous fp. The moa ere et Ed by ze qsiy but male masroons wer dscoed Te es ow of tay and B. vere replete an the ues Sg he Sock of aye (the alr oa te ote Yield Comparison ans io ~ i8teekOne Era Tree e™ stk Two mack Four fn) i. Fist ‘Second Thee a Pushes "age Monnet by ane ys penny S RESULTS AND DISCUSSION ‘The harvest eon forthe January, 195, crops shown in Fig. 3. Fr this crop there was stately winfcat ference (at the-001 level a {oul hrvest between sik I and the ter sacks. The Nw erssing Thesueace of sack Tw col at dry compare othe ae ubsequtaly moving 2705 the next tack inthe requnes. For theses ow eon "ows. th highest yield appeared tobe forthe at tack, ‘he yield data for the crop in Jute, 1998 i shown in Fig. & There ve no atte aifeence in tes dat. The workers picking the mush room didnot observes nscale variation im qualiy Between the ocks although there may have been few moe cap wih visible Moth for Stack 4 postion Forth crop where the a ow ae was slower the last stack appeared to ave sight reduced production. comparison of ‘he ttl yield Bars (Figs, 3 and) forthe tw crops shows that he ier flow aes fat appeared to eae free aso which slack had ‘he “host aia indicated by the hgbes eld Stack a the ies in anwar, bt Sick 2 was hjghost in Jue. The depressed yield and pos be blot problems of Stak 4 would suggest tbat another tay aed to the end would have major problems. Whee the length of flow might be Tenge han 3m, a8 cold be oboe ere would hea expect tion of conomic ls de osha undesirable low pattem. Likewise, © eld Compariso ne Cro0 et second The Tela Flushes Fig: Mato faves ay hae sk pss ag‘ow pte that provides excessive coo af Would ao reduce produ tion a ain lower pots laure S shows the average ares by stack tuber per day dr ing fst lsh. The peak hares for sock I Was on day later han for he ‘er stacks. Stack Iba the coon shes and diet ar Figure 6 Shows thea propets forthe day before stun harvesting Bean ‘The cine were and for hare at aout ORDO hours and were pen nti 1300 Tis inresting Wo ate that he CO prosicton 38 ‘Sed bythe change in concerto, began to decree afer M200 wall befor thee nas any worker ai the room, Te encuentra ‘nereace in bed tempera i sues tha the cape of muss ‘were beginning to gow topeter, forming a tight canopy, and eden the exchange of gases snd at fom the casing sat Using the bighest ‘hang in carbon sioxide concentration, 16 ppm ad the rea sh oom along the 3m lenpth of Now. the CO: production was aout |g (CO: pr sof prowingsirTace po he This rate oecared ust Bor 2 day's Harvest of 6 hp of mushrooms per sqm of growing srTve (1.33 Tes persg Daily Harvest, ist Flush lune Crop Yeld, Kg /'5q m por day 208 [Rie Properties, June Grow] * | ‘C02 Change, pom ‘co owe emco 1200 ve00 2000 “Tine of Dav, Fist Day of Harvest Fare popes hang te eke hei ow. 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