The research aims to improve control and mitigation practices for avocado production in Florida. The grant also will support the testing of new varieties for their tolerance to cold and disease.

Scientists with the University of Florida have secured a $5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture to combat the lethal Laurel wilt disease ...

This particular beetle species spreads a disease believed to have originated in Asia that can quickly kill trees and devastate an entire avocado grove. The Florida avocado industry has employed a ...