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Avocado



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General Information
Common Name: Avocado
Other Names: Alligator Pear (Guatemalan), Summer Pear (West Indian)
Group: Fruits and Nuts
Family: Lauraceae
Genus: Persea


  • PESTS
  • DISEASES

Insects and Other Pests

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Group Scientific Name Common Name
APHIDS Aphis gossypii melon aphid
BEETLES Adoretus sinicus Chinese rose beetle
BEETLES Xyleborus crassiusculus a scolytid beetle
BEETLES Xyleborus fornicatus a scolytid beetle
BEETLES Xylosandrus compactus black twig borer
CATERPILLARS Amorbia emigratella Mexican leafroller
FRUIT FLIES Bactrocera dorsalis oriental fruit fly
GRASSHOPPERS Elimaea punctifera narrowwinged katydid
LEAFHOPPERS Empoasca stevensi Stevens leafhopper
LEAFHOPPERS Sophonia rufofascia two-spotted leafhopper
MEALYBUGS Pseudococcus longispinus longtailed mealybug
MITES Eotetranychus sexmaculatus sixspotted mite
SCALES Abgrallaspis cyanophylli an armored scale
SCALES Asterolecanium pustulans oleander pit scale
SCALES Fiorinia fioriniae avocado scale
SCALES Hemiberlesia lataniae latania scale
SCALES Hemiberlesia rapax Greedy scale
SCALES Pinnaspis strachani hibiscus snow scale
SCALES Pulvinaria mammeae large cottony scale
SCALES Pulvinaria psidii green shield scale
THRIPS Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis greenhouse thrips
THRIPS Thrips hawaiiensis Hawaiian flower thrips
TRUE BUGS Hyalopeplus pellucidus transparentwinged plant bug
WHITEFLIES Abgrallaspis cyanophylli an armored scale
WHITEFLIES Aleurodicus dispersus spiraling whitefly
WHITEFLIES Bemisia argentifolii silverleaf whitefly
WHITEFLIES Paraleyrodes perseae plumeria whitefly

 

Plant Diseases and Pathogens

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Group Scientific Name Common Name
ALGAE Cephaleuros mycoidea algal leafspot
ALGAE Cephaleuros virescens parasitic alga
FUNGI Botryosphaeria obtusa -
FUNGI Cercospora Primer -
FUNGI Cercospora sp. leafspot
FUNGI Colletotrichum Primer -
FUNGI Colletotrichum gloeosporioides anthracnose
FUNGI Cylindrocladium sp. root rot
FUNGI Dothiorella sp. fruit rot
FUNGI Gloeosporium Primer -
FUNGI Gloeosporium sp. -
FUNGI Glomerella Primer -
FUNGI Glomerella cingulata anthracnose
FUNGI Phytophthora Primer -
FUNGI Phytophthora cinnamomi root rot
FUNGI Pythium Primer -
FUNGI Pythium sp. root rot
FUNGI Rhizoctonia Primer -
FUNGI Rhizoctonia sp. root rot
PARASITES Cuscuta sandwichiana dodder

 

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