Avocado: Agricultural Importance and Nutraceutical Properties
The avocado is a subtropical evergreen tree crop originated in Mesoamerica presently cultivated worldwide in more than 60 countries. Avocado fruits were consumed by Native American cultures as early as 10,000 years ago, and they are experiencing increasing popularity globally as highly nutritious an...
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| Tipo de recurso: | otro |
| Estado: | Versión aceptada para publicación |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2023 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) |
| Repositorio: | DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:digital.csic.es:10261/371958 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/371958 https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85198437828 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Avocado | Genomics | Lauraceae | Nutraceutics | Persea americana |
| Sumario: | The avocado is a subtropical evergreen tree crop originated in Mesoamerica presently cultivated worldwide in more than 60 countries. Avocado fruits were consumed by Native American cultures as early as 10,000 years ago, and they are experiencing increasing popularity globally as highly nutritious and healthy food. In this chapter, we review the agricultural importance of the crop, compositional profile, genetic diversity, and molecular tools developed in avocado breeding. The avocado fruit and some of its byproducts (peels, seeds) show nutraceutical properties that can be different depending on the variety and the preharvest and postharvest management approaches. |
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