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MICROPROPAGATION OF AVOCADO (Persea americana Mill.)

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Micropropagation of Woody Trees and Fruits

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Avocado (Persea americana Mill.) is a tropical tree, of the Lauraceae family, genus Persea. On the basis of the morphology of reproductive structures, this genus was divided into two subgenera, Eriodaphne and Persea (Koop, 1966); the subgenus Eriodaphne includes many species with small fruits and of no commercial importance, whereas the subgenus Persea includes only a small number of species characterized by large fruits. The subgenus Persea includes the avocado, of which three horticultural races, named for their presumed region of origin, can be distinguished: Mexican, West Indian and Guatemalan. These races could have evolved under different climatic conditions with geographical barriers between them (Storey et al., 1986).

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  1. C.I.F.A. Cortijo de la Cruz, Churriana, Málaga, 29140, Spain

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  2. Dpto. Biología Vegetal, Facultad de Ciencias, Campus de Teatinos s/n, Málaga, 29071, Spain

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Barceló-Muñoz, A., Pliego-Alfaro, F. (2003). MICROPROPAGATION OF AVOCADO (Persea americana Mill.). In: Jain, S.M., Ishii, K. (eds) Micropropagation of Woody Trees and Fruits. Forestry Sciences, vol 75. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0125-0_17

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