Mexico: Experts develop a variety of blueberry that adapts to climate change

Published Sep 17, 2024

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Mexican researchers are focusing on the genetic improvement of fruit species, particularly citrus and blueberries, with an emphasis on developing varieties that can adapt to climatic variations. The research involves the use of polyploidization, a technique that increases a plant's chromosome number, leading to benefits such as the development of dwarf plants, increased fruit yield, and greater abiotic stress tolerance. This could potentially reduce the need to pay royalties on imported seeds and enhance Mexico's profitability in blueberry export to the United States.

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Source: Simfruit | Photography: Pxhere According to Infobae, varieties within and for the country are a priority for researchers, who consider that they will have an adaptive advantage over varieties selected elsewhere, explained Lucina Romero, a researcher at the Interdisciplinary Center for Research for Integral Regional Development, Sinaloa Unit (CIIDIR Sinaloa), of the National Polytechnic Institute, who is focused on the genetic improvement of fruit species, specifically citrus and blueberries. This advance promises not only to improve the production of this fruit, but also to offer a sustainable solution to the climatic variations that affect traditional crops. There are many biotechnological techniques to modify a fruit, the one used by Mexican scientists is called polyploidization. A polyploid organism is one whose genome contains more than two complete sets of chromosomes. "For example, human beings are diploid organisms, since women produce haploid eggs and men produce ...

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