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The influence of flush number, bruising and storage temperature on mushroom quality.

Author(s) : BURTON K. S., NOBLE R.

Type of article: Article

Summary

The cultivated mushroom (Agaricus bisporus) produces crops of mushroom sporophores periodically in what are commonly referred to as flushes. The influence of flush number and the effects of bruising on the quality of mushrooms during storage were studied. Quality was assessed throughout storage by cap colour, mushroom development and weight loss. A 10 second bruising treatment was found to discolour the mushrooms equivalent to the effect of 7 days storage at 5 deg C or 2 days storage at 18 deg C. Second flush mushrooms had less discolouration and were less yellow than those from the first or third flush. For mushrooms from different flushes the only difference in susceptibility to bruising was that the tops of first flush mushrooms were more susceptible to yellow discolouration as a result of bruising treatments than those from the second and third flushes when stored at 18 deg C.

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  • Original title: The influence of flush number, bruising and storage temperature on mushroom quality.
  • Record ID : 1994-0978
  • Languages: English
  • Source: Postharvest Biol. Technol. - vol. 3 - n. 1
  • Publication date: 1993/07

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