Table 6. Firmness (N) and firmness reduction rate (%) of the stipe in gamma irradiated Pleurotus eryngii during storage

Trait	Storage days	Irradiation dose (kGy)
Trait	Storage days	0	0.5	1	2	3
Firmness (N)	0	25.47±0.23^aA1)2)	25.85±0.64^aA	25.27±0.78^aA	21.91±1.28^bB	21.49±0.33^bA
	7	18.38±0.35^bB	21.35±0.52^bB	23.93±0.57^aB	23.29±0.26^aA	19.97±0.89^cB
	14	17.76±0.37^cC	18.58±0.19^bC	19.15±0.50^aC	18.69±0.10^bC	17.53±0.26^cC
	21	12.33±0.36^dD	17.59±0.38^bD	18.41±0.29^aD	17.40±0.19^bD	16.73±0.13^cD
	28	4.94±0.48^eE	14.57±0.33^dE	16.66±0.29^bE	17.56±0.83^aD	15.35±0.24^cE
Firmness reduction rate (%)	0	0.00±0.00	−1.49±2.52^bE	0.78±3.07^bE	13.96±5.04^aD	15.64±1.30^aE
	7	27.82±1.37^aD	16.18±2.03^cD	6.03±2.24^dD	8.55±1.04^dC	21.61±3.50^bD
	14	30.26±1.46^aC	27.06±0.75^bC	24.80±1.95^cC	26.61±0.40^bB	31.18±1.02^aC
	21	51.57±1.42^aB	30.96±1.48^cB	27.73±1.14^dB	31.68±0.74^cA	34.33±0.53^bB
	28	80.59±1.89^aA	42.80±1.28^bA	34.57±1.13^dA	31.05±3.24^eA	39.73±0.94^cA

Values with the same column with different superscripts ^(a-e) 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).