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    To grow avocado trees that bear fruit, more than one tree must be planted since they are partially self-pollinating. There are type A and B trees that depend on the timing of their male and female parts. They need plentiful soil moisture but cannot tolerate wet soil. Climate is also crucial, as different varieties require different climates without frost. Avocado trees have adaptations like leaf orientation and root structures that help them adapt to sunlight and low oxygen levels in the soil.

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    To grow avocado trees that bear fruit, more than one tree must be planted since they are partially self-pollinating. There are type A and B trees that depend on the timing of their male and female parts. They need plentiful soil moisture but cannot tolerate wet soil. Climate is also crucial, as different varieties require different climates without frost. Avocado trees have adaptations like leaf orientation and root structures that help them adapt to sunlight and low oxygen levels in the soil.

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    To grow avocado trees that bear fruit, more than one tree must be planted since they are partially self-pollinating. There are type A and B trees that depend on the timing of their male and female parts. They need plentiful soil moisture but cannot tolerate wet soil. Climate is also crucial, as different varieties require different climates without frost. Avocado trees have adaptations like leaf orientation and root structures that help them adapt to sunlight and low oxygen levels in the soil.

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    Avocado Adaptations

    By: Solomon Osayi Roller

    The Necessities in order to Grow

    In order to grow an avocado tree that will bear fruit, more


    than one avocado tree must be planted. There are Type
    A and Type B avocado trees, this depends on the time of
    day their male and female parts are reproductively viable.
    By planting a Type A and Type B successful pollination
    increases greatly. They are partially self-pollinated trees,
    so enough insect pollinators (bees) have to be present.

    Since avocado trees have few root hairs, they need


    plentiful soil moisture to grow healthy. But are unable to
    tolerate wet soil. During times of insufficient rainfall, they
    need a minimum of 1 inch of water per week. The roots
    will begin to die from lack of oxygen within 48 hours of
    flooding.

    Avocado trees love direct sunlight and climate is very


    crucial to growing. Climate will depend of what variety of
    avocado tree you plan on growing. But they need full sun.

    The Necessities in order to Grow

    Avocadoes can be planted anytime of the year,


    except when frost is a problem. The best
    planting time is in the spring(March or April), so
    the roots can flush by May. If planted in the
    summer, there must be careful irrigation until
    the roots grow into surrounding soil.
    Some trees can withstand temperatures to
    around 20 degrees fahrenheit. Mexican
    varieties are best for colder regions.
    Subtropical species need a climate without
    frost and little wind. High winds will reduce
    humidity, dehydrate the flowers, and affect
    good pollination. Water expands when it
    freezes, so when it freezes inside a plant cell it
    will expand and bust the cell wall causing
    death.

    Varieties of Avocado Trees


    All three primary species are tropical and need warm climate:
    West Indian, Guatemalan, and Mexican. They can be grown in only
    subtropical or tropical climates.

    Adaptations

    Avocado trees love direct sunlight, and need to make


    the necessary structural changes to adapt to the direct
    sunlight. Leaves at the top of an avocado tree are
    aligned parallel to the sun rays, while leaves on the
    lower branches are perpendicular to the sun rays. It
    does this to protect itself from the harsh UV rays while
    still receiving sun.

    Some of the subtropical and tropical varieties have


    morphological adaptations to help plant survival under
    conditions of low soil oxygen. They can develop
    adventitious roots for increased oxygen absorption and
    aerenchyma in the stem which increases internal
    oxygen transport. In situations of low soil oxygen, this
    potentially saves the tree.

    Photosynthesis applied to Avocado


    It takes 30 days from when the bud-break occurs to full leaf expansion in avocado
    trees. The leaves obtain positive carbon dioxide assimilation values during this time.

    Bibliography
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    https://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/s2012/lindert_ava/adaptation.htm

    http://www.avocadosource.com/WAC2/WAC2_p179.pdf

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avocado

    http://ucanr.org/sites/alternativefruits/files/121267.pdf
    http://www.crfg.org/pubs/ff/avocado.html

    https://books.google.com/books?
    id=r0hpRJca3zEC&pg=PA185&lpg=PA185&dq=adaptations+of+avocado&source=bl&ots=oqa7RGq
    cs-&sig=yyATFit-kbbAHKYTabEToggr32E&hl=en&sa=X&ei=cJ2VbDhDcmYyAS5wYNQ&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=adaptations%20of%
    20avocado&f=false

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