Why kiwi becomes flat and how it can be managed?

kiwi

This disorder is named due to flattened shape of kiwi fruit.  This distortion of fruit from its normal shape is due to the development of flattened fruits is quite common in Monty cultivar in India. The reason assigned to this malady is improper pollination. The proportion of flattened fruits in kiwi can be controlled by hand pollination or provision of suitable pollinizers like honeybees in the orchard.