About Pleurotus common pests

The common pests of Pleurotus ostreatus are mushroom fly, mushroom mosquito, cockroach, nematode, collembola, and cockroach. In their egg culture materials, the larvae breed in the culture medium and injure the mycelia, causing the culture material to rot, and the adults become nocturnal. Moths also eat Pleurotus ostreatus and mycelium and spread pathogens. In addition, the entire cultivation and fruiting process should be well protected. Mice that eat mushroom strains to crawl the bed or bite the mushroom bag are also problems that result in reduced production.
Preventive measures: Pay attention to environmental sanitation, clean mushrooms inside and outside mushroom house, spray with formalin, dichlorvos or chrysanthemums, or fumigate with aerosol before entering the house for sowing and inoculation; plastic film for bed planting and other The equipment should be disinfected before use, cleaned up in time after use, clean the residues left after inoculation, and close the doors and windows, conditionally install screen mesh, reduce the invasion of insects and rodents.
Therapeutic measures: When mold fungi such as penicillium and green mold appear on the mushroom bed, the lime or carbendazim powder may be sprinkled on the surface of the bacteria, or covered with some potassium permanganate solution on the bacteria. Inhibit the growth of mixed bacteria. Pleurotus ostreatus should be promptly removed. In case of insect pests, use chrysanthemum or mushroom net or other low-toxic drugs to kill.
Note that it is best to spray a batch of mushrooms during the fruiting period and spray them when there are no mushrooms so as to prevent the pesticide residues from affecting the human body and preventing the influence of the mushrooms, which will easily cause deformities.