The Silent Threat to Kenya’s Avocado Industry: How Koppert is Leading the Fight Against Persea Mite (Oligonychus perseae).
March 27, 2025
Novemebr 2023 , and has since rapidly spread to other key avocado-growing regions, posing a significant risk to yields, farmer incomes, and export quality [...] yield losses , affecting both smallholder and commercial avocado farms. Its ability to thrive in warm conditions and reproduce quickly makes it a formidable [...] perseae has five developmental stages: egg, larva, protonymph, deutonymph and adult, and under optimum temperatures, it takes 10 days from egg to adult. Distribution