The avocado has picked up several nicknames, but it's most recent is “Green Gold.” The avocado has blossomed into a multi-billion-dollar-a-year industry, with 77 percent of the world’s avocados imported into the United States. From avocado toast to Superbowl guacamole, Americans…
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Oligonychus perseae Tuttle, Baker and Abattiello (Acari: Tetranchidae) is a foliar spider mite pest of avocados, Persea americana Miller (Lauraceae), and both are native to Mexico. In California, O. perseae can cause significant premature defoliation to Hass avocados which is mo…
"Discussing over 60 major and minor crops, Handbook of Fruit Science and Technology describes fruit botany, including cultivars, development, anatomy, physiology, maturation, and ripening ... examines soil and climate, fruit propagation, cultural practices, diseases and pests an…
Tree species, spread across a wide range of genera, are indispensible to human life. Their breeding, poised to satisfy human needs, presents significant challenges. Tree crops face a variety of agronomic and horticultural problems in propagation, yield, appearance, quality, dise…
This book (composed of 13 chapters) presents the injurious and beneficial insects (e.g. pollinators) of tropical fruit crops and how they might be controlled to enhance fruit production and quality. Information on the life history, behaviour, economic importance, and control of …
The avocado: botany, production, and uses
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