
Eric Focht: Avocado Genetics and Improvement
Talking Biotech with Dr. Kevin Folta
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The Majora, Priorities in the Breeding Programme
The main thing is good quality fruit, m and it has to have a sufficient yield. We make a point of not discriminating based on whether the fruit is green or black skinned. The other thing that i sort of that's e newer, a newr kind of aspect to me are our canopies in some of our elete selections. It's not really clear to me, or to us in general, which direction the industry is going as far as growing trees traditionally. So keeping a diversity in in the branching architecture, as well as just focusing on flabor and production will be a good way to move forward.
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