Israeli researchers find the perfect temperature to save avocados

• Published date: 29 September 2021
• Author: JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Researchers at Israel's MIGAL Institute and Or Shapira Volcani Research Institute have found the temperature threshold to keep young Hass avocados, which accounts for 85% of global avocado commerce, plant leaves healthy.

Young potted plants were subjected to different temperature gradients in a controlled-climate chamber, according to the study. The results showed that the plants were gradually damaged from 49 °C, until severely and irreversibly damaged at 53 °C. Thus, implying that the heat stress threshold for young Hass avocado plants is between 49–51 °C under low light intensity.

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