Seasonal Changes of Avocado Lipids during Fruit Development and Storage

In a study of the maturity of avocado fruits it is important to elucidate the lipid metabolism in the fruit during growth and storage, since the avocado stores a large amount of lipids in the edible pulp of the fruit. From morphological and physiological viewpoints of fruit development, Schroeder (10) observed that the avocado fruit deviated from, most investigated fruits in its method of development in that cell division remained an important factor in fruit growth as long as the fruit remained on the tree. Furthermore, a large droplet of reserve lipids was deposited in each indioblast, a large specialized type of cell found in the mesocarp tissue.