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Research

The long-term success of California avocado growers depends on economic sustainability and enhanced profitability in an increasingly competitive industry. CAC's Production Research Program strives to help California avocado growers improve productivity, manage pests and diseases, improve cultural management practices and maintain premium brand positioning through a variety of research projects. Over the past year, specific production research projects have concentrated on improving yields with better salinity and water management, plant breeding, avocado tree monitoring, pesticide resistance and Fusarium dieback disease.

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Research News

Oct 29, 2026
The UC ANR's California Research and Innovation Roadmap is provided to new academics as part of their onboarding process and guides research, programming and investment across the state. The report relies on data from California producers — and California avocado growers are encouraged to participate.
Sep 16, 2026
In late August, CAC released a call for research proposals to the international avocado research community. Based on the original priorities document, CAC has funded a number of projects. These projects are listed at the end of the updated research priorities document so the research community can see what has been funded, where gaps may still exist for specific priority topics, and have a general sense of what types of proposals have been successful in securing funding.