Posted on 09/24/2020 3:09:23 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Thanks to the work of researchers at the University of Queensland in Australia, there could be a side of guacamole to go with all the Mars potatoes.
Ph.D. student Chris O'Brien successfully developed a liquid nitrogen cryopreservation technique for avocado shoot tips. It's the same kind of method used to deep-freeze human sperm and eggs.
"The aim is to preserve important avocado cultivars and key genetic traits from possible destruction by threats like bushfires, pests and disease such as laurel wilt -- a fungus which has the capacity to wipe out all the avocado germplasm in Florida," O'Brien said in a UQ release on Thursday. Germplasm is living tissue, like avocado shoots, that can create new plants.
It takes about 20 minutes for the shoot tips to revive after freezing and about two months to grow new leaves and be ready for rooting
(Excerpt) Read more at cnet.com ...
Good, we can get rid of the nasty green library paste here.
If they are not laced with fiery (crinkled and wrinkled) jalapeno bits or cubano peppers then I agree with you. Otherwise it’s a high food-fat ambrosia that give crunchy corn tortillas a reason to exist.
Jeb Bush will be very happy to hear this
One of the first things I do after an overseas trip is get a Mexican meal.
Take Mexicans to Mars. Problem solved.
Thank goodness for that!
Cool! Because Hillary’s Sex Dungeons on Mars have been
lacking Guacamole to go along with they Adrenochromes.
Yup.
Wow, adrenochromes.
Add a corn chip factory to that and human life could survive. A little barley, a little hops, and some special Mars strains of yeast and I’d consider going myself.
Hate to put chilies in your guacamole, but you won’t have avocados on Mars. The average temperature is -81 degrees Fahrenheit, a bit cold. There is no soil, and with no fungi to form mycorrhiza, growing anything is futile. How will they keep the sprouts alive for a one year flight to the planet? All of this is mere speculation, but if Elon the Muskateer and others want to waste their billions on idiocy, have fun.
Look, if Hillary can have Sex Dungeons on Mars then she can have Guacamole too.
It’s Science.
Burritos en el estilo de Mars!
You mean Matt Damon didn’t grow spuds on Mars?
“Cryopreserved avocado shoots could mean guacamole on Mars”
fantastic! ... that now eliminates the last reason i wasn’t gonna go to Mars ...
No me gusta el guacamole, pero los burritos, si!
The guacamole is best served on salty pork rinds.....
...go for the keto.
Well, they’re already green and shaped like aliens.
Somebody Hass to find a way!
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