Spain: they promote the extension of avocado cultivation throughout the year with new varieties

Published 2021년 2월 8일

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Researchers at the Institute of Subtropical and Mediterranean Horticulture 'La Mayora' in Spain are working to diversify avocado varieties beyond the popular Hass type, which is currently the main one grown and limits consumption to certain months. The goal is to find four to five new varieties that can be cultivated for year-round production, providing consumers with a wider range of flavors and textures. This diversification could also increase resilience against pests and diseases, as it would spread out crop types. Spain is the leading European country in avocado production, primarily in the regions of Malaga, Granada, and the Canary Islands.

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Extend avocado cultivation throughout the year with new varieties of this fruit, whose best-known type -Hass- is produced between November and April in Spain, is the objective of researchers from the Institute of Subtropical and Mediterranean Horticulture 'La Mayora', in Algarrobo (Málaga). The purpose of this center is to diversify the avocado in Spain so that the consumer can enjoy different flavors and textures, in addition to the most consumed and majority variety in Europe -Hass-, which is characterized by maturing in black and It is rough-skinned. The researcher at the Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea 'La Mayora' CSIC-UMA, Iñaki Hormaza, explained that there are "hundreds of different varieties" in the world, but the market is "focused" to a greater extent on only one, which makes it difficult for consumers to vary their consumption habits.On the coast of Malaga and Granada (Andalusia) there are more than 10,000 hectares of land where avocados are ...

Source: Agrodiario