date:Aug 13, 2019
ries of the avocado, the new study also moves forward in time to explore a modern chapter in the story of this beloved fruit: how humans have altered the species DNA.
Because commercial growers typically cultivate avocados by grafting branches of existing trees onto new rootstocks, todays Hass avocados are genetically the same as the first Hass avocado planted in the 1920s. These modern-day Hass avocados are grown on Hass branches grafted onto various rootstock that are well adapted for particu