USA: American breeders have bred a new variety of avocado
Fresh Avocado
Fruits
United States
Published Aug 16, 2023
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Scientists at the University of California in Riverside have bred a new variety of avocado called Luna UCR, which has a great taste and darkens in color when ripe. The variety serves as an effective pollinator for other avocado varieties, leading to higher yields. Seedlings of the Luna UCR avocado will be supplied to gardeners around the world through a partnership with Eurosemillas SA.
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Scientists at the University of California in Riverside (Riverside) bred a new variety of avocado, which was named Luna UCR. The new variety of avocado has a great taste, its skin darkens when the fruit becomes ripe. American breeders worked for more than 50 years to create the variety, EastFruit experts report. Follow the news in a convenient format: Follow us on Twitter The resulting variety has a flower type that makes it an effective pollinator for a variety of avocado varieties, including the world's leading commercial variety, Hass. Interplanting Luna UCR with other varieties can provide high yields by increasing the number of pollinators, according to a post on the University of California, Riverside website. The trees are smaller in size, which makes the harvesting process more efficient and safer. In addition, the smaller size of the trees allows for denser plantings and requires less pruning. Seedlings of the new avocado variety will be supplied to gardeners around the ...
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