May 26, 2015

Low-Altitude Aerial Images Allow Early Detection of Devastating Avocado Disease

GAINESVILLE, Fla.—Low-altitude aerial images can detect laurel wilt, a devastating avocado disease, giving growers an early way to identify diseased trees and perhaps help reduce losses to the $100 million-a-year economic impact avocados provide Florida. Reza Ehsani, an associate professor in agricultural and biological engineering at the UF/IFAS Citrus Research and Education Center in Lake