Table 4. Loss, decay and translucent scale of onion according to harvesting methods for 8.5 months of storage

Harvest methods1)	Loss (%)	Decay (%)	Translucent scale of onion bulb (%)
Ha+Ma	5.8±0.82)	4.6±0.6	1.2±0.4
Di+Ma	8.0±1.4	6.8±1.2	1.2±0.4
Di+Me	8.0±1.8	6.1±1.2	2.4±1.1
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).