How Much Seed Damage Is Tolerable? The Avocado Example

Avocado embryo is deep inside the pit; toothpicks for water suspension don’t harm it. Most of the pit is storage tissue, not living embryo.

Seeds die when the embryo is crushed, desiccated, or infected.

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