Peat Effects on Mushroom Yield and Soil Microbiome Across Five Treatments

Results from a study on Oudemansiella raphanipes cultivation, analyzing bacterial communities in casing soils with five different peat proportions. The 70% peat treatment achieved a maximum yield of 279.21 g per bag, 38.12% higher than the control. High-throughput 16S rRNA gene sequencing characterized the soil microbiome.

Use Cases

• Analyze the correlation between peat proportion and O. raphanipes yield across five treatment levels.
• Model the influence of soil density, available phosphorus, and potassium on bacterial community structure in the 70% peat group.
• Compare bacterial richness and the abundance of beneficial taxa like Paenisporosarcina across different peat treatments.
• Study the relationship between peat proportion and microbial functions such as chemoheterotrophy and nitrogen fixation.

Strengths

• Data is derived from a controlled experiment with five distinct peat proportion treatments.
• Includes a specific yield measurement of 279.21 g per cultivation bag for the optimal treatment.
• Microbiome analysis uses high-throughput 16S rRNA gene sequencing.

Limitations

• The dataset is small (3.1 MB), likely containing summary results rather than raw sequence reads or a large tabular dataset.
• Sample size for each of the five treatments is not specified, limiting statistical power assessment.
• Geographic origin and replication details for the soil samples are not provided.

Provenance

Source

figshare, authored by Bing Zhang.

Collection Method

High-throughput 16S rRNA gene sequencing of bacterial communities in experimental casing soils.

Freshness

Last updated March 20, 2026.