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RESEARCH on some of the problems of mushroom growing has been carried on for many years, particularly in France and in the United States. Two aspects have received special attention—the chemical and microbilogical changes in horse manure during composting, and the fungus diseases of mushrooms and mushroom beds. The principal British work on mushroom cultivation is that of Ware on diseases and of Pizer on horse-manure composts. Recently the mechanization of transport has caused an increasing shortage and rise in price problem. Research on synthetic twenty years ago, and several formulae have been published ; but many of the materials used are not available in Great Britain. Since the end of the War, American growers and research workers have devoted more attention to methods of using the available supplies of horse manure more economically, and to mechanization of their cultural operations. Synthetic composts are not widely used. Some work on synthetic composts was done in France during the 'thirties, but horse manure is still the only medium used commercially.
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EDWARDS, R. Mushroom Research Station at Yaxley. Nature 163, 337 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/163337a0
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