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UF/IFAS team secures $5M USDA grant to expand avocado production into Central Florida, combat Laurel wilt disease

by Lourdes Mederos
December 12, 2024

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 and the redbay ambrosia beetles responsible ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Blog Community, Conservation, Crops, EVENTS, Invasive Species, Pests & Disease, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Agricultural Pests, Avocado, Avocado Cultivation, California, Climate Change, Diseases, Florida Avocado, Florida Crops, Florida Economy, Growth, Insects, Jeffrey Rollins, Jonathan Crane, Kentucky, Laurel Wilt, Mexico, Miami-Dade County, Mitigation Strategies, Nifa, Pests, Red Ambrosia Beetle, Redbay Ambrosia Beetle, Research, Sustainability, Tropical Research And Education Center, U.S. Department Of Agriculture, Usda, USDA National Institute Of Food And Agriculture, USDA-NIFA, Workshop

Decision-support tool using HiPerGator may help manage devastating avocado disease

by Brad Buck
November 18, 2020

UF/IFAS researchers are working on a decision-support app to help policy makers and growers decide the best regional treatment options for laurel wilt disease, which is challenging Florida’s $35 million-a-year avocado crop. Laurel wilt ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Pests & Disease, SFYL Hot Topic
Tags: Avocado, Decision-support Tool, Disease, Disease Transmission, HiPerGator, Horticultural Sciences, Jonathan Crane, Karen Garrett, Laurel Wilt, Plant Pathology, Redbay Ambrosia Beetle, Tropical Research And Education Center

Repellant could keep dangerous beetles away from avocado trees

by Brad Buck
February 23, 2017

Redbay ambrosia beetles. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Using some pleasant-smelling chemicals, avocado growers may soon be able to repel beetles that inject a potentially deadly fungus into their trees, saving fruit and money, University of Florida ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Crops, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Avocados, Entomology And Nematology, Jason Smith, Laurel Wilt, Marc Hughes, Redbay Ambrosia Beetle, School Of Forest Resources And Conservation, Xavier Martini

Ambrosia beetle spreads dangerous avocado pathogen

by Brad Buck
May 23, 2016

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- As the laurel wilt pathogen casts a cloud over the $100-million-a-year Florida avocado industry, University of Florida researchers continue to look for clues to prevent the pathogen from spreading. The main culprit has ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Crops, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Daniel Carrillo, Entomology And Nematology, Jonathan Crane, Redbay Ambrosia Beetle, Tropical Research And Education Center

UF/IFAS scientists find potential biological control for avocado-ravaging disease

by Brad Buck
December 2, 2014

Cutline below GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- University of Florida scientists believe they’ve found what could be the first biological control strategy against laurel wilt, a disease that threatens the state’s $54 million-a-year avocado industry. Red ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Crops, Invasive Species, Pests & Disease
Tags: Avocados, Daniel Carrillo, Laurel Wilt, Redbay Ambrosia Beetle

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