MIGAL Galilee Research Institute in Israel announced in a recent study that rapid production of avocado seedlings is possible. In the statement made by the institute, Dr. As a result of research carried out under the leadership of Lior Rubinovich, it was announced that it is possible to grow avocado plants from tissue culture.
Considering that approximately 15 million new avocado seedlings are planted in the world every year and avocados are gaining popularity around the world, this developed production model is commercially very important. Increasing demands are coming from especially European countries as well as India, China and Japan.
The international fruit market is likely to be more affected by these developments in production.
While traditional avocado seedlings will be difficult and expensive to export due to plant protection regulations that try to prevent the spread of diseases it may carry from country to country, avocado seedlings produced with tissue culture will not be subject to these regulations.
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Dr. “Tissue culture ensures that avocados are healthy, available, quality and disease-free plants,” said Lior Rubinovich.
The fruits of avocados grown with tissue culture have the advantage of being free of deformation, resistant to diseases, and much faster growth; Since all plants come from the same carefully selected healthy tissue, it will also be genetically uniform.
Due to these factors and increasing demand, many research institutions around the world are trying to increase avocado production and increase seedlings in order to speed up the overall production time.