Straw turning waste into treasure to grow edible mushrooms

Crop straw is a valuable renewable resources, comprehensive utilization of crop straw is to protect the ecological environment and conserve renewable resources needs, but also catch into the requirements for sustainable development of agriculture. Our straw mainly wheat straw, rice straw, corn stalks, soybean straw, cotton stalks, etc., the annual straw production is about 700 million t, a column in the world, accounting for about 30% of the straw of the world total. Rural straw resources in China is fully high consumption, high pollution and low output, the considerable part of the straw being dumped or incinerated without reasonable development and utilization. According to the survey, about 33% of the straw utilization, therefore, the development of edible fungus straw to conserve resources, protect the environment, increase farmers' income and promote the sustainable development of agriculture has important practical significance. In recent years, the pace of global mushroom industry soon, an annual growth rate of 7-10 percent, while China's annual growth rate is as high as about 20%, and maintain good growth. Since edible mushroom, especially food and medicine used along with fungi with high protein, low fat, high in vitamins, low-calorie characteristics, rich in inorganic salts and edible cellulose, nutrient-rich amino acid, fungal polysaccharides, trace elements , to improve human immunity, anti-cancer, anti-aging has a significant therapeutic value. Edible not only nutritious, but delicious. It is in line with FAO advocated twenty-first century natural, nutrition, health care food requirements, so much people of all ages. Edible internationally recognized as a health food, is extremely popular in the domestic market, the price per ton of 4000-10000 yuan, the price of good, substantial benefits. Experts predict that the 21st century, focusing on food health food and functional food, health food and edible fungus is the leader, no doubt has a broad development prospects.