Love avocados? Thank a toxodon
Given avocado's popularity today, it's hard to believe that we came close to not having them in our supermarkets at all.
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News tagged with avocado trees
Researchers dish up digital avocado
It's an ancient fruit, but the avocado has been brought into the new millennium with the publication of its draft genome, which may be the key to improvements in future crops.
Plants & Animals
Aug 15, 2019
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Canines detect deadly disease in historic avocado trees
Nestled within the lush tropical foliage of The Kampong resides 20 avocado trees. They were planted nearly 100 years ago under the supervision of plant explorer David Fairchild. Though historically significant, they are not ...
Ecology
Oct 6, 2015
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3D printing could help save avocado and landscape trees
University of California, Riverside scientists are using 3D printing technology to study a beetle that is causing severe damage to avocado and landscape trees in Southern California.
Ecology
Oct 1, 2015
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Scientists find potential biological control for avocado-ravaging disease
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.
Ecology
Dec 3, 2014
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ARS scientists devising new ways to protect avocados
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists are coming up with new strategies to combat a beetle threatening the nation's avocado trees.
Ecology
Oct 3, 2012
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Beetle, fungus threaten Florida's avocado industry
(AP) -- A little beetle could cause big problems for Florida's multimillion-dollar avocado industry.
Ecology
May 8, 2009
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A Mexican indigenous town's environmental revolt
When illegal logging turned their green, pine-covered hills into an ecological wasteland, the people of the Mexican indigenous town of Cheran decided to arm themselves with rifles and reclaim their land.
Environment
Dec 21, 2019
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Kenyan farmers toast growing demand European demand for avocados
It may be loved and derided as the go-to millennial brunch, but avocado toast is proving a boon for Kenyan farmers as they cash in on the seemingly ever-growing enthusiasm.
Environment
Aug 15, 2018
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In the face of imminent arrival of avocado plague, scientist undertake preventive measures
From Asia, the red ambrosia beetle (Xyleborus glabratus) has proved its damaging potential in Florida, where it attacked different varieties of trees of the laurel family, including avocado, resulting in death.
Ecology
Jan 20, 2015
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