STUDIES ONSHELF LIFE UNDER DIFFERENT STORAGE CONDITIONS OF FRESH OYSTER MUSHROOM (Pleurotus sajorcaju)

SHASHI GOUR¹*, SUMAN KUMAR², A.K. GOUR^3
1SMS Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Jawaharlal Nehru Agricultural University, Krishinagar, Adhartal, Jabalpur, 482004, Madhya Pradesh, India
²Professor & Head, Department of Food Science & Technology, Jawaharlal Nehru Agricultural University, Krishinagar, Adhartal, Jabalpur, 482004, Madhya Pradesh, India
³Bull Rearing Farm, Nanaji Deshmukh Veterinary Science University, Jabalpur, 482001, Madhya Pradesh, India
* Corresponding Author : shashi.sms.kvk@gmail.com

Received : 13-06-2016     Accepted : 22-09-2016     Published : 01-11-2016
Volume : 8     Issue : 53       Pages : 2654 - 2657
Int J Agr Sci 8.53 (2016):2654-2657

Keywords : Shelf-life, Storage, Sensory point, House-hold cold storage system, Refrigerated
Academic Editor : Dhineshkumar V
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : I feel it great pride and privilege to express my sincere and deepest sense of gratitude tomy Supervisor, late Dr.(Mrs) L.P. Gautam, Associate Professor, Department of Food Nutrition, Govt. M.H. College of Home Science, Jabalpur (M.P.), for his guidance, help, constructive criticism, constant encouragement, keen interest and especially creating in me, the spirit of independent thinking.
Author Contribution : None declared

Storage studies for extension of shelf-life of fresh oyster mushroom in different containers viz., open vessels, polyethylene bags and paper bags at room temperature, house-hold cold storage system and refrigerator conditions revealed that house-hold cold storage system and refrigerator conditions in paper bags gave better results from storage points of view. From sensory point of view, fresh mushroom could not be stored more than two days at room temperature, four days in cold storage system and six days in refrigerated conditions.