Staff should be trained in proper harvesting techniques. As noted earlier, stems should be removed in the field to prevent puncturing or scratching of adjacent fruit, and fruit should never be thrown or dropped. In addition, transporters should drive slowly and carefully when taking fruit from the field to the packing house. At the packing house, crates should include foam in their base and contain only one layer of fruit. In automated operations, all machinery should be padded where possible.
Palletized systems are preferable for moving produce in both field crates and final packages.
The presence of the disease is characterized by small black or light-brown spots that gradually grow and may coalesce and sink. Anthracnose can be controlled or reduced with pre-harvest sprays, which vary according to importer market. Regulation is necessary because temperature fluctuations will reduce the treatment s effectiveness and may damage the fruit. Phytophthora is characterized by circular, translucent lesions that develop with gray surface mycelia. The disease is particularly apparent around the fruit's peduncle.