author(s)
Seena R Subhagan, Dhalin D and Ajith Kumar K

abstract
Internationally, avocado orchards were relatively free from serious insect pests, until late in the 1980s as a consequence of good control by natural enemies. From three lesion-causing pests in 1982, the insect-pest complex has increased to nine insect pests in 1990. Until the 1990s, when avocado thrips and persea mite were inadvertently introduced into California, invertebrates had caused only occasional problems in mature avocado orchards. During 1989, outbreaks of thrips in avocado resulted in a loss of up to 80% of fruits for some growers and in 1997 orchards heavily infested with avocado thrips, experienced 50-80% crop damage. Introduction of new pests are continually being found in avocado and more can be expected as avocado cultivation, which is relatively young in many parts of the world, becomes older and more widely established. In order to fix the priorities and for evolving suitable pest management strategies, continuous review of the pest complex of avocado under agro climatic conditions is need of the day which has not been carried systematically so far. This manuscript is aimed to present a literature review on the various sucking pests attacking avocado over the world.