Several anitoxidants were applied to olives to minimize bruising damage due to mechanical harvest. Application of treatment was either on individual limbs prior to damage or immersion of fruit after harvest. Various methods of simulating the type of damage caused by the mechanical harvesting process were tested.

Olive Reports
Annual technical reports in pdf format.

Mechanization of Table Olive Harvest 
For more information regarding an ongoing research project to develop mechanical harvesting techniques and address related issues for California table olives.