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 ...

The soaring demand for avocados in Europe and North America has led to a trebling of global production in just over 20 years. However, this popular fruit is increasingly controversial because of the ...

The soaring demand for avocados in Europe and North America has led to a trebling of global production in just over 20 years. However, this popular fruit is increasingly controversial because of the ...

Tips and techniques for bountiful avocado production will be the topic of an upcoming public workshop being offered by the University of Guam’s Land Grant researchers and extension agents. The Avocado ...

Supermarket shoppers are being alerted to a potential avocado shortage as climate change threatens to disrupt the supply of the trendy superfood. Key producers like Spain, South Africa, Peru, Chile, ...

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Consumers’ love for avocados in the United States seems to know no bounds.

Tsutomu Uchida, 64, wipes the sweat from his face as he walks through a farming plot filled with avocado trees in a port district of Shizuoka. An occasional ocean breeze offers brief respite from the ...

Avocado is important for Kenya. Beyond being an essential side dish and a pudding ingredient for the local population, this pear-shaped fruit is also a major contributor to Kenya’s export proceeds. In ...