Chile: The importance of having certified plants

In Chile, in general when talking about stone or stone fruit trees it refers mainly to peaches, nectarines and plums, however we must not forget about apricots, cherry trees and sour cherries which are also stone fruit trees. As there is this diversity of pits, the situation varies depending on each one of them, in the opinion of Gamalier Lemus, agronomist, M.S., renowned Chilean researcher in fruit growing, with a career of 43 years and led as deputy director of R&D at INIA. Rayentué recognizes that the entire fruit industry in general has had ups and downs, and especially the stone industry, however the star of this family today is the cherry. Gamalier Lemus, agronomist, M.S., renowned Chilean fruit growing researcher. Lemus explains that fresh apricot for export is practically non-existent in this country, although great efforts were made to grow this business and have varieties adapted to the marketing of fresh fruit, currently there is a low volume. And especially today ...