The Problem Expands for Avocado Growers: 9 Beetle Species Carry Deadly Fungus
Wednesday, April 12, 2017 - 09:02
in Biology & Nature
Many people love their avocados - not to mention guacamole dip. So it was bad enough when scientists said a beetle was ravaging avocado trees in South Florida. Then scientists found out that the redbay ambrosia beetle -- originally determined to transmit laurel wilt -- is rare in avocado groves but that six other beetle species could carry the laurel wilt pathogen.