Vol. 7, Issue 1 (2019)
Effect of different chemical preservatives for enhancing shelf life of sporophores of Pleurotus florida
Author(s): RL Sharma and MP Thakur
Abstract: The present investigation entitled “Effect of different chemical preservatives for enhancing shelf life of sporophores of Pleurotus florida†was undertaken with the objectives of post harvest management of P. florida. The chemical preservatives used for enhancing the shelf life of sporophores of P. florida worked better under blanched conditions than unblanched one. Amongst the combination of different chemical preservatives, T11 and T13 were highly effective in preserving the sporophores of P. florida till 125-150 days. T6, T8, T10 and T14 were equally good as they preserved the sporophores till 100-125 days. Freezing (10°C) and deep freezing (-15 °C) conditions highly favoured the storage of the sporophores for a period of 7 and 11 days, respectively, without being much influencing the colour, texture, appearance and overall acceptability. Packaging material of higher density (250 m) with no perforation had better shelf life of sporphores of P. florida (4 days) as compared to only 2 days in low density (80 m) perforated bags at ambient temperature.
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RL Sharma, MP Thakur. Effect of different chemical preservatives for enhancing shelf life of sporophores of Pleurotus florida. Int J Chem Stud 2019;7(1):1805-1810.
