Effects of Plant Natural Substances as an Edible Coating on Physio-Chemical Properties Changes in Storage (Solanum lycopersicum L.) Fruits During Room Temperature Storage.

Abstract

Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) is ranked in the top three crops cultivated in Palestine with annual yield of 220 thousand tons cultivated in around 17 thousand dunums (FAOstat, 2017).Tomatoes classified as a climacteric fruits and have a short shelf-life usually 5 – 7 days.