Orange and avocado are the most sensible fruit trees to grow in a sub-tropical urban environment such as Los Angeles. Given plenty of sun, both are relatively pest-free trees and produce dependably ...

This disease was first found in South Florida in 2011 and is spread by tiny insects called ambrosia beetles. Laurel wilt infects only avocado and related trees such as swamp bay and red bay. Your ...

This video shows how to successfully plant avocado trees in areas containing clay soil. Root rot disease and poor soil drainage is the number 1 reason why avocados fail and die but this method helps ...

Q: I think our avocado tree has black streak disease and I need to know how bad it is and what to do. Is there anyone you would recommend to come and take a good look? I am in Oakland. A: Avocado ...

My avocado trees have been grown from Mexican (cultivar Haas) seeds and are now about 3 years old. One flowered and put out fruit this spring. Most of the fruit dropped, but I have about a half dozen ...

This viroid spreading around avocado trees in Florida can go undetected for years, but when symptoms appear, it can devastate the fruit.

Avocados are notoriously hard to grow particularly in heavy soil (clay). This video shows a great example of how to plant an ...

University of California, Riverside scientists are using 3-D printing technology to study a beetle that is causing severe damage to avocado and landscape trees in Southern California. The beetle in ...

Ricardo Sangüesa, a small avocado farmer, is staring out over a dry, cracked landscape. But he’s not in California; he’s in the Ligua Valley, in central Chile. Stray dogs wander through the empty ...