Researchers in Chile are testing essential oils to control rot in avocados.
Researchers at the Institute of Agricultural Research (INIA) in Chile are studying the use of essential oils as an alternative to chemical fungicides for controlling fungal diseases in fruit. The

There is a health alert for a batch of South African avocados.
The European Commission, through the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF), has reported a batch of Hass avocados from South Africa containing levels of Prochloraz twenty times higher than