Gul Shad Ali. Avocado (Persea americana) is a subtropical crop prized for its delicious fruit with high oil content. Learn all about this crop from avocado germplasm curator, Dr. Gul Shad Ali, as he shows many of the mature trees and seedlings maintained at the Subtropical Horticulture Research Station (SHRS). He discusses the botanical races, flowering, phenotypic and genotypic characterization, and the valuable services SHRS provides to avocado breeders and researchers across the world. The SHRS is located in Miami, Florida and is an important part of the U.S. National Plant Germplasm System (NPGS).
The National Avocado Germplasm Collection
