Research advances in preservation technology of postharvest vegetables

Vegetable is a kind of necessary food in people diet. Its quality is easy to decrease after postharvest due to its organization structure and physiological characteristics. Preservation effect of postharvest vegetable is very important for vegetable preservation and processing. In this paper, overseas and domestic researches are reviewed, and the current preservation technologies of postharvest vegetables are divided into three categories, including physical method, chemical method and biological method. Meanwhile, some questions are also mentioned in domestic preservation of vegetables.Finally, prospects of preservation technologies of vegetables are proposed.