The Role Of Avocado Pollen Grains In Fruit Production

By Kevin Scott


Fruits provide a lot of nutrients that aid in maintaining good health. In America, trees with flowers that produce Avocado Pollen pellets grow well in California, for the climate is suitable. The fruits are normally in season from spring through fall. Even so, there are factors that come into play when cultivating, because pollination occurs queerly as affected by weather.

There are a lot of avocado varieties, though only a number are known, and are grown in large scale. Some varieties include; pinkerton, bacon, fuerte, and hass, among many others. Hass is the most preferred among the bunch, because it has a good flavor and the oily sap is in plenty. Its skin appears dark when ripe. Bacon types thrive well in cold temperatures. Its coat is green and thin, and they are in abundance during the month of December.

As earlier mentioned, there are Pinkerton and Fuerte types of avocados. The latter ones are in plentiful in markets towards the end of fall. This is mostly during the months of December, all the way to May. The upside of its cultivation is that growers need not worry about frosting temperatures lowering their quality. Pinkerton types have smaller seeds and are in season during winter to spring.

There is a lot of important information that growers should put into mind when dealing with two avocado plants, for they exhibit a strange pattern of pollination. The plants produce flowers, making them perfect flora. However, their unusual flowering patterns are mainly affected by fluctuations in daily temperatures. That being said, finding them pollinate by themselves is a rare occasion.

Depending on the sort of avocado you cultivate, they can either be of type A, or type B trees. Type A open their pistils, female part, in the dawn of the first day, and their stamens, male part, in the afternoon of the following day. B type flowers open up in the afternoon of the first day, but the stamen blossom the following dawn.

Pollination is when the male parts are exposed to the air and they release plenty of avocado-pollen grains, which then land on the female parts to onset fertilization. Insects, for example; bees, play a critical role in pollination, for they carry pollen to the pistil whilst looking for nectar. Another agent of pollination is the wind. Wind pollination is common in Texas and South Florida.

Avocado growing has its own challenges, majorly pests, plus diseases. These affect the healthy growth of trees, leading to low yields. Researchers have isolated some potential diseases that attack avocado plants, namely; polyphagous hole borer, lauren wilt, fusarium dieback disease among other exotic pests. Fusarium dieback is associated with the polyphagous shot hole borer.

Cultivation of avocados is a profitable business in the United States. Even so, cultivators should strive to learn more about the pollination patterns and how climatic conditions impact that. Further, research about the diseases and pests that lead to low produce. The information is important, because it helps one monitor the health of plants and control pests.




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