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Creation of the Hass variety of avocado

21/04/2025
100 years ago, in the 1920s, American postman and farmer Rudolph Hass created the avocado variety that bears his surname, combining Mexican and Guatemalan genes to obtain superior commercial characteristics (Velásquez, A., 2025).
Cita 100 años atrás, en la década de 1920, el cartero y agricultor estadounidense Rudolph Hass creó la variedad de aguacate que lleva su apellido, combinando genes mexicanos y guatemaltecos para obtener características comerciales superiores (Velásquez, A., 2025).
Fuente https://opsaa.iica.int/resource-1995-america-latina-y-el-caribe:-innovacion-agropecuaria-para-seguir-alimentando-al-mundo

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