Mushrooms, Microbiomes, and More with Eoin O’Connor

What makes for healthy mushroom crop production? Can substrate microbiomes be manipulated to improve mushroom growth and development?

Eoin O'Connor is a postdoctoral scholar at the Penn State University Hockett Lab, where he studies mycology and the microbiomes of commercial mushroom substrates.

Tune in to learn:

• The difference between metaproteomics and metagenomics, and why one is better in some ways than the other
• The relationship between phases of compost, microbiomes, and mushroom growth  
• What pseudomonas is, how it interacts with VOCs, and how it impacts mushroom health
• How to “passage” material in casing layers to improve commercial mushroom production

Press play for more, and visit https://www.hockettlab.com/eoin-oconnor to learn about O’Connor’s research.

Episode also available on Apple Podcast: http://apple.co/30PvU9C