Manage avocado tree growth cycles for productivity gains

Abstract

This article discusses avocado orchard management and its relationship to the growth (or phenology) cycle of the tree . However, it must be realised from the start that the environment exerts the most powerful effect on tree performance and any management strategies applied only reduce the impact of those factors that limit fruit yield. The concept has wider applications extending to other subtropical and tropical fruit tree crops which have a vegetative growth bias, for example lychee and mango.