Studies on storage loss of Oyster mushroom during summer season

Abstract

Oyster mushroom can be well stored for three days in Zero energy cool chamber (ZECC), due to differences in temperature and humidity inside the ZECC as compare to normal room condition. Experimental results revealed that oyster mushroom stored in that in ZECC has minimum physiological weight loss and spoilage loss (13 and 18.4 percent respectively) as compare to farmers practice, where it is totally spoiled in three days when stored in polythene bag and dried (29.5% weight loss).