Avocados are one of the important fruits in our diet, showing many health benefits. However, a significant amount avocados become defective as they transported throughout supply chain and refused by consumers, ending up at animal or pet feed manufacturers. Indeed, some previous evidence suggests that rejected still present high phenolic content can be reused drug pharmacological industry. There...

A 5-mo survey for fruit feeding Lepidoptera attacking Hass and non-Hass avocados (Persea americana Miller [Lauraceae]) was conducted in Guatemala from 1 November 2006 to 1 April 2007. In total, 6,740 fruit were collected from 22 different areas in Guatemala. Eight species of Lepidoptera, of which at least two are species new to science, were reared from avocado fruit. Reared Lepidoptera were Am...