*Postharvest Processing, Value Addition and Marketing of Mushrooms DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.101168*


#### **Table 5.**

*Effect of dipping treatments on gill opening of* Agaricus bisporus *fruit bodies SSI 4035.*


#### *Postharvest Processing, Value Addition and Marketing of Mushrooms DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.101168*

#### **Table 6.**

*Effect of dipping treatments on texture of* Agaricus bisporus *fruit bodies SSI 4035.*


#### **Table 7.**

*Effect of dipping treatments on condensation of* Agaricus bisporus *fruit bodies SSI 4035.*

### *Postharvest Processing, Value Addition and Marketing of Mushrooms DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.101168*

Effect of dipping treatment with different concentration of EDTA (75– 200 ppm) and KMS (500 ppm) was studied on quality parameters of *Agaricus bisporus cv.* Pant 31 under ambient as well as refrigerated conditions (**Tables 8**–**11**). It was noticed that the fruiting bodies remained well up to 14–16 days under refrigerated conditions with least effect on whiteness, texture, condensation and opening of the gills of fruiting body whereas, the fruiting bodies remained well up to only 03 days under ambient temperature conditions with least effect on whiteness (**Table 8**), texture (**Table 9**), condensation (**Table 10**) and opening of the gills of fruiting body (**Table 11**). It was surprising to note that the weight loss in fruiting bodies preserved in different concentrations of EDTA (75–200 ppm) and KMS (500 ppm) for 14–16 days of storage were almost same under refrigerated conditions (0.54 g) and 03 days of storage under ambient temperature conditions (0.51 g). Washing of mushroom in different types of washing treatments (0.5%


#### **Table 8.**

*Effect of dipping treatments on whiteness of* Agaricus bisporus *fruit bodies CV. Pant 31.*


#### **Table 9.**

*Effect of dipping treatments on texture of* Agaricus bisporus *fruit bodies CV. Pant 31.*


#### **Table 10.**

*Effect of dipping treatments on condensation of* Agaricus bisporus *fruit bodies CV. Pant 31.*


#### **Table 11.**

*Effect of dipping treatments on gill opening of* Agaricus bisporus *fruit bodies CV. Pant 31.*

calcium chloride and 0.5% citric acid, combination wash with 50 ppm chlorine dioxide, 0.1% sodium erythrobate and 0.05% calcium chloride, and 0.5–1.5% potassium metabisulphite) was also examined by others with fairly good results [4, 24, 25] to reduce postharvest spoilage of mushrooms.
