Tomatoes are especially perishable fruits and susceptible to
Mechanical injury
Desiccation
Physiological disorders (1)
Botrytis cinerea and Colletotrichum sp. were the two major storage pathogens observed in tomatoes. Their high level of contamination was mainly due to
A temperature for fungal growth (1)
A soft skin that can be easily ruptured and favoring microorganism proliferation (2)