We’re being told to stop squeezing avocados at the super market because it causes bruising.

97 percent of Australians will give the fruit a squeeze at the supermarket or green grocer to see if its good to go.

Researchers have found we’re to blame for most of that brown bruising often found on the fruit.

Rural reporter Eddie Summerfield caught up with Queensland Department of Agriculture Professor Daryl Joyce.

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