Repellant Could Keep Dangerous Beetles Away From Avocado Trees
University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural SciencesFlorida avocados bring a $100 million-a-year impact to Florida’s economy, UF/IFAS economists say. They grow almost entirely in southern Miami-Dade County, but growers have battled the laurel wilt fungus, which can kill redbay and avocado trees, since it arrived in Georgia in 2003.