Bees abuzz for biosecurity in avocados
Associate Professor Andrew Geering from the Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI) said monitoring for avocado sunblotch is important to protect lucrative overseas markets.
“We’ve had an active control plan for avocado sunblotch since the 1980s because it has the potential to cut tree yield by about 80 per cent,” Dr Geering said. “Even though this
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