Mary Lu Arpaia, head of UC Cooperative Extension's avocado breeding program, looks for Luna UCR avocados at an Irvine orchard in July. The new variety has roots in Ventura County. A new variety of ...

A new kind of avocado — created by UC Riverside researchers — may be appearing in grocery stores in coming years. The Luna UCR avocado will soon be marketed to growers worldwide, though it will be a ...

A new avocado variety that’s more than a half-century in the making will soon be available to growers in the world marketplace. It’s called the Luna UCR™ and offers consumers great flavor, a rind that ...

Avocados get sunburned, too, you know. It doesn’t show on their pebbly skin the same way it does on ours, but too much sun can scorch yellowish or black patches onto the fruit’s peel. What’s worse is ...