Mushroom cultivation is not useful in (1) Biogas production (2) Biological control of crop diseases (3) Recycling of agricultural wastes (4) Preventing cancer

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(2) Biological control of crop diseases Explanation: Mushroom cultivation has been found to coincide with decrease of incidents of breast cancer. Spent residues after cultivation could be a better source of bio-logically pretreated substrates for biogas production; and agricultural waste recycling can be achieved through controlled cultivation of mushrooms.

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