After the initiation of ripening or harvest, several biochemical changes occur in fruits
and vegetables. As some of these changes such as the development of color, flavor, and sweet
taste are desirable for fruits, any sort of quality changes are ideally not desired in vegetables.
Thus, strategies for the preservation of shelf life and quality in fruits and vegetables could
be entirely different. It is important to know the biochemical differences between fruits and
vegetables and several biochemical pathways that operate in these tissues to develop ideal
conditions of storage for the preservation of shelf life and quality