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Avocados cryopreserves and revived for first time – Fresh Fruit Portal
World-first research in Australia cryopreserved the tips of avocado shoots and then revived them to create healthy plants.
The supply avocados is secure for generations after world-first research cryopreserved the tips of avocado shoots and then revived them to create healthy plants.
University of Queensland PhD student Chris OBrien has developed the first critical steps to create a cryopreservation protocol for avocado which had never been achieved until now, despite more than 40 years of research.
The aim is to preserve important avocado cultivars and key genetic traits from possible destruction by threats like …
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