Welcome to AvoBase

This site is dedicated to avocado genomics, and provides multiple bioinformatics tools to explore and download omics data related to Persea americana and related species.

Avocado (Persea americana Mill.) (2n = 24) is a member of the flowering plant family Lauraceae, which includes at least 2500 pantropical to temperate species, most of which are woody trees. This family contains a few edible fruit trees, and includes cinnamon, bay laurel and sassafras. Avocado has been divided into three landraces: Mexican, Guatemalan and West Indian. 'Hass', a hybrid of the Guatemalan and Mexican races (without a known breeding history), is the principal cultivar, originating from a chance seedling that has been clonally propagated ever since.


Please, cite the next references when using the 'Hass' or the 'Gwen' avocado genome data respectively:

Nath O, Fletcher SJ, Hayward A, Shaw LM, Masouleh AK, Furtado A, Henry RJ, Mitter N. (2022). A haplotype resolved chromosomal level avocado genome allows analysis of novel avocado genes.
Hortic Res. 9:uhac157.
Solares E, Morales-Cruz A, Balderas RF, Focht E, Ashworth VETM, Wyant S, Minio A, Cantu D, Arpaia ML, Gaut BS. (2023). Insights into the domestication of avocado and potential genetic contributors to heterodichogamy.
G3 (Bethesda). 13(2):jkac323.