Pākena Loaʻa iā ia kahi fungicidal toxin, a hiki, ka mea e hiki ai i ka lāʻau avocado ke pale aku iā ia iho i nā haʻiki.

ʻOiai ʻaʻole naʻe ka manaʻo o ke kanaka i kēia mea ʻawaʻawa, ʻaʻole kēia ka hihia i ka hapa nui o nā holoholona (nā ʻīlio, nā pōpoki, nā lio, nā ʻiole) e hōʻike ana i kēia mau hōʻailona i ka wā e nau ai a ʻai paha i nā lau o ka lāʻau, hua a i ʻole kona pōhaku: ka luaʻi, ka maʻi ʻaʻai, ka ʻāʻī, ka ʻū, ka ʻuʻu, ka palaka.

I kēia lā, ʻaʻole ʻona ʻona ua hoʻokumu ʻia ʻoiai ua manaʻo ʻia he ʻano nui ka nui o ka ʻai.