Abstract:Tomato plays an important role in the fruit and vegetable industry，with rich taste and great nutritional value.However，the value of tomato is often greatly reduced because of its easy spoilage.Therefore，it is of great significance to study the storage and preservation of tomato.This paper expounded the main factors affecting the storability of tomato，and discussed the effects of microorganisms，storage temperature，variety，maturity，transportation，and packaging methods on the quality of tomato.The preservation mechanism of plant extracts and their application in tomato storage were summarized.At the same time，the existing problems of plant extract preservation technology were concluded，and its future development was prospected.