Kinetics of quality changes in tomatoes stored in evaporative cooled room in hot region

Performance of an Evaporative cooled (EC) room, built in hot and dry region of Punjab, was evaluated by storing the tomato fruits (var. Naveen) in it. Tomatoes were also stored in two other storage conditions, cold store (CS) and room conditions (RC). Average temperature and RH inside EC room during study was 26.5°C and 65-78%, respectively. The temperature and RH of RC and CS storage conditions were 25-41°C and 20-35%, and 10°C and 90%, respectively.