Question

please answer following questions about avocado tree

1 Reproduction: mechanisms involved in propagation of descendent generations, may include sexual and/or asexual processes.

•2Status: any state, federal, or international recognition of the species as threatened or endangered.

3Relationship with humans: notable interactions between the species and humans. •

4Anything interesting and notable you find out about the plant species such as adaptations to extreme environments, medicinal uses, etc.

Answer 1

REPRODUCTION

There are mainly 2 flowering groups of avocado trees in relation to reproduction. In Group A trees female opening occurs in the morning hours of the first day and the male opening occurs in the afternoon hours of the successive day. In Group B trees the female opening occurs in the afternoon of the first day and the male opening occurs the following morning. This prevents self-pollination of the trees and promotes cross-pollination. The Group B trees are good pollinators for Group A trees,this is because of the overlap of male and female opening periods. Group A trees are not good pollinators for Group B trees, because of the late opening of the female reproduction parts in Group B trees.

Cooler temperatures can lead to delay of the flowering periods, but the typical flowering period will last for around 2 months. A single avocado tree may have millions of flowers during the flowering period, but only up to 200 mature fruits. Honey bees are the most important factor in avocado tree reproduction.

If you are attempting to grow your own avocado, it is possible. Begin by keeping the pit from your next avocado. The avocado seed has no prevention from desiccation so if you do not start the planting right away, store the seed in a cool room with high humidity. When you decide to start planting, wash the seed and use three or four toothpicks to suspend the seed in a glass of water, with about one inch of the seed submerged into the water.

When the stem reaches six to seven inches in height, prune it back to around three inches. When the roots are thick and the stem has grown back, it is safe to plant the seed in soil, leaving about half of the seed exposed. Keep the soil moist and give the seedling as much sunlight as possible. Once the stem reaches around one foot in height, prune back to encourage re-growth.

Factors like climate change is negatively affecting the world's food supply in a variety of ways. The ongoing fluctuations temperatures and unstable weather patterns make it more difficult for different crops to thrive.Avocados, maple syrup, and strawberries are among the foods that could go extinct soon.

Avocado one of the best the yummiest foods on this planet. Sliced, mashed, infused or spread, avo basically has the ability to make a meal a meal.

The drought in California has been making headlines over the past few months, but the issue has existed for the past three years. Mandatory cutbacks have been enacted to ration the resource, but things are still precarious, especially for the state's farmers. Since the avocado is native to tropical regions, it thrives in warm and moist environments. In California, where the conditions are anything but wet and moist right now, growing the crop requires much more water than is currently available.

It's true that California isn't the only place in the world that harvests avocados. New York Magazine reports that 85 percent of the avocados consumed in the U.S. come from Mexico and Chile, which seem like more optimal habitats for the crop—but those regions are in trouble too. Because of the increasing demand, these countries have thousands more avocado trees than they did a decade ago. More number of trees creates a need for more irrigation, so farmers end up exhausting groundwater supply and rivers faster than they can keep up . So the changing climatic conditions are not suitable for avocado crop production

Avocado is a popular tree is its fruit , a popular food, is a good source of potassium and healthy fats. The fruit, leaves, and seeds are sometimes used to make medicine. The oil from the fruit is also used as a medicine.is used for high cholesterol, psoriasis, arthritis, sexual desire, obesity, and many other conditions, but there is no good scientific evidence to support these uses.

Some other uses are

• High cholesterol. Eating a diet enriched with avocado seems to lower "bad" low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol and increase "good" high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol.

Insufficient Evidence for

• Scaly, itchy skin (psoriasis). Early research shows that applying a specific cream containing avocado oil and vitamin B12 to the skin for 12 weeks reduces symptoms of psoriasis as effectively as a conventional medication called calcipotriol ointment. The avocado combination cream also causes less irritation than calcipotriol.
• Obesity. Early research shows that eating half an avocado with lunch might decrease hunger 3-5 hours later. It's not known if this helps with weight loss.
• Diarrhea.
• Healing wounds.
• Promoting hair growth.
• Sclerosis.
• Stimulating menstrual flow.
• Toothache.
• Other conditions

Avocado trees love direct acting sunlight, and they must make necessary structural changes to adapt to that direct sunlight. The leaves at the top of the avocado tree are oriented parallel to the suns rays, whereas the leaves on the lower branches are perpendicular to the suns rays.