0973-7510 Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology 2581-690X DR. M.N. Khan 10.22207/JPAM.10.4.54 Storage and Packaging Dependent Physical Properties of Tomatoes Kumar Tarun Chandra Suresh Singh Ankit Singh Yogendra Department of Agricultural Engineering and Food Technology, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Modipuram, Meerut - 250110 (U.P.), India. 30 12 2016 10 4 2901 2907 Copyright © 2016 The Author(s) 2016 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License which permits unrestricted use, sharing, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

The study was conducted to see the effect of packaging material and storage condition on the physical properties of tomatoes (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill) varieties (Himshikhar and NS – 524). These varietal tomatoes were packaged in High Density Poly Ethylene (HDPE) and stored under refrigerator, BOD incubator and ambient temperatures. Tomato variety Himshikhar packed in HDPE showed minimum shrinkage at ambient temperature followed by refrigerator and BOD condition.

Keywords Physical properties TSS HDPE refrigerator shape factor