Calcium chloride irrigation influence on yield, calcium content, quality and shelf-life of the white mushroomAgaricus bisporus

2001 ◽  
Vol 81 (15) ◽  
pp. 1447-1454 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonios Philippoussis ◽  
Panagiota Diamantopoulou ◽  
Georgios Zervakis
Keyword(s):  
Shelf Life ◽  
Calcium Chloride ◽  
Calcium Content ◽  
Content Quality ◽  
Quality And Shelf Life

The Effect of Calcium Chloride Added to the Irrigation Water on Quality and Shelf Life of Harvested Mushrooms

1990 ◽  
Vol 53 (9) ◽  
pp. 759-762 ◽  
Author(s):  
CYNTHIA L. BARDEN ◽  
ROBERT B. BEELMAN ◽  
CHRISTINE E. BARTLEY ◽  
LEE C. SCHISLER
Keyword(s):  
Shelf Life ◽  
Calcium Chloride ◽  
Bacterial Growth ◽  
Irrigation Water ◽  
Agaricus Bisporus ◽  
Concomitant Reduction ◽  
Yield Quality ◽  
Solids Content ◽  
Cultivated Mushrooms ◽  
Quality And Shelf Life

A white hybrid (U-3) strain of cultivated mushrooms (Agaricus bisporus) was grown with 0 (control), 0.1 and 0.5% CaCl2 added to the irrigation water. Harvested mushrooms were stored in film-overwrapped packages at 13°C and evaluated after 0, 2, 4, and 7 or 8 d storage to determine treatment effects on quality and shelf life. At low concentration (0.1%), CaCl2 had no significant effect on production yield, quality, or postharvest shelf life, but at higher concentration (0.5%), CaCl2 decreased yield and increased quality and shelf life. At a concentration of 0.5%, yield was decreased by 16%, but solids content of harvested mushrooms was increased 16% and shelf life was increased by about 64%, mainly due to a decreased rate of postharvest bacterial growth and a concomitant reduction of surface browning.

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