Table 3. Rate of bruise by diameter according to harvesting methods before storage

Harvest methods¹⁾	Bruise diameter (cm)
Harvest methods¹⁾	<2	2-2.5	>2.5
Ha+Ma	66.5±5.3²⁾	27.7±4.7	5.8±1.7
Di+Ma	59.1±5.7	33.8±5.0	7.1±1.8
Di+Me	53.5±3.3	35.0±2.9	11.5±2.4
Pr>F	NS³⁾	NS	NS

Abbreviations are; Ha+Ma, hand plucking followed by manual collection; Di+Ma, using digger followed by manual collection; Di+Me, using digger followed by mechanical collection.
All values are represented as means±standard error.
NS indicates not significant between the means of the harvest methods at p>0.05 (n=9).