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Dr. Jonathan Crane injects a chemical treatment to research Laurel Wilt resistance in avocado trees at the Tropical Research and Education Center

Part of the Plant Damaged


  • Foliage
    Common NameScientific NameImage
    Avocado Lace Bug  Pseudacysta perseae   
    Avocado Bud Mite  Tegolophus perseaflorae   
    Diaprepes Root Weevil  Diaprepes abbreviatus   
    Avocado Caterpillars  Epimeces detexta
    Oxydia vesulia
    Anacamptodes sp.
     
     
    Avocado Thrips 

    Frankliniella kelliae
    Frankliniella bispinosa


    Selenothrips rubrocinctus (Thysanoptera: Thripidae)
     

     
    Avocado Mirids  Daghbertus fasciatus
    D. olivaceous
     
     
    Avocado Scales  Coconut scale (Aspidiotus destructor)
    Florida red scale (Chrysomphalus aonidum)
    Coccus sp.
     
     
    Blue-Green Weevil  Pachnaeus litus   
    Avocado Red Mite  Oligonychus yothersi   
    Persea Mite Oligonychus perseae   
  • Flower and Fruit
    Common NameScientific NameImage
    Avocado Bud Mite  Tegolophus perseaflorae   
    Avocado Caterpillars  Epimeces detexta
    Oxydia vesulia
    Anacamptodes sp.
     
     
    Avocado Thrips 

    Flower thrips
    Frankliniella kelliae
    Frankliniella bispinosa


    Red banded thrips
    Selenothrips rubrocinctus (Thysanoptera: Thripidae)
     

     
    Avocado Mirids  Daghbertus fasciatus
    D. olivaceous
     
     
  • Stem and Trunk
    Common NameScientific NameImage
    Ambrosia Beetles  Xylosandrus crassiusculus
    Xyleborus volvulus
    Thoeborus solitaricaps
    Xyleborus glabratus
     
     
    Avocado Scales  Coconut scale (Aspidiotus destructor)
    Florida red scale (Chrysomphalus aonidum)
    Coccus sp.
     
     
  • Root
    Common NameScientific NameImage
    Diaprepes Root Weevil  Diaprepes abbreviatus   
    Blue-Green Weevil  Pachnaeus litus   

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