The master’s degree in agricultural sciences and doctor of fruit tree cultivation explained that the importance of this task lies in providing the crop with the right conditions at a time when the tree begins the process of cell division, which is one of the two factors that will determine the final size of the fruit, a characteristic highly in demand today in destination markets.

Furthermore, he mentioned that the key to fruit management techniques, which include fertilization and irrigation, should focus on maintaining an adequate leaf-to-fruit ratio. Nutrition should provide the necessary, sufficient, and not excessive supplements to maintain this ratio, thus producing large, well-sized, sweet, flavorful, and firm fruit, which is what consumers demand.

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