Table 4. Color changes of the stipe in gamma irradiated Pleurotus eryngii during storage

Hunter’s color value	Storage days	Irradiation dose (kGy)
Hunter’s color value	Storage days	0	0.5	1	2	3
L	0	92.19±0.25^A	91.97±0.55^A	91.78±0.59^A	91.72±0.52^A	92.19±0.25^A
	7	91.83±0.64^aA1)2)	91.28±0.94^aA	91.10±0.46^aA	90.00±0.67^bB	90.00±0.85^bB
	14	90.30±0.46^aB	89.51±0.49^bB	89.96±0.69^abB	88.79±0.40^cC	89.64±0.45^bB
	21	87.64±0.89^bC	89.22±0.44^aB	89.22±0.63^aB	88.41±0.57^abCD	88.48±0.72^abC
	28	82.84±1.48^bD	87.45±0.73^aC	88.29±0.81^aC	88.02±0.67^aD	87.32±0.28^aD
a	0	−0.50±0.06^bC	−0.40±0.10^abC	−0.37±0.11^aC	−0.46±0.09^abC	−0.50±0.06^bE
	7	−0.16±0.07^bC	−0.14±0.09^bB	−0.13±0.06^bB	0.17±0.12^aB	−0.25±0.16^bD
	14	0.25±0.11^abB	0.12±0.09^bA	0.13±0.09^bA	0.33±0.08^aA	0.22±0.21^abC
	21	0.30±0.07^bcB	0.14±0.08^dA	0.18±0.17^cdA	0.36±0.13^bA	0.52±0.13^aB
	28	1.84±0.58^aA	0.15±0.14^cA	0.19±0.21^cA	0.45±0.10^bcA	0.77±0.09^bA
b	0	11.19±0.70^E	10.64±0.49^C	10.67±0.51^D	10.78±0.34^D	10.90±0.46^C
	7	12.36±0.86^aD	11.22±0.62^bC	10.93±0.70^bD	10.90±0.39^bD	11.16±0.43^bC
	14	13.80±0.57^aC	12.76±0.52^bB	11.58±0.31^cC	12.35±0.44^bC	12.89±0.87^bB
	21	15.60±0.58^aB	13.47±0.41^cB	12.30±0.30^dB	14.58±1.08^bB	13.69±0.53^cB
	28	21.83±1.15^aA	14.21±0.73^cA	14.11±0.45^cA	15.92±1.57^bA	14.89±0.74^bcA
ΔE	0	0.00±0.00	0.83±0.43^C	0.85±0.56^C	0.73±0.49^E	0.47±0.36^C
	7	1.53±0.58^bcD	1.37±0.49^bcC	1.35±0.46^cC	2.35±0.62^aD	2.26±0.80^abC
	14	3.37±0.28^aC	3.24±0.21^bB	2.39±0.56^cC	3.72±0.22^aC	3.28±0.25^bB
	21	6.46±0.36^aB	3.85±0.11^cB	3.29±0.43^dB	5.27±0.36^bB	4.66±0.35^cA
	28	14.47±0.47^aA	5.74±0.28^cA	4.99±0.35^dA	6.54±0.72^bA	6.28±0.26^cA

Values with the same column with different superscripts ^(a-d) indicates significant differences (p<0.05) by Tukey’s multiple comparison test (n=10).
Values with the same row with different superscripts ^(A-E) indicates significant differences (p<0.05) by Tukey’s multiple comparison test (n=10).