1987 Summary of Avocado Research

Avocado Research Advisory Committee University of California, Riverside

TABLE OF CONTENTS

  1. Economic Trends in Avocados
    Eta Takele

AVOCADO DISEASES

  1. Avocado Sunblotch Viroid Disease
    Paul R. Desjardins

  2. Avocado Blackstreak
    Howard D. Ohr

  3. Research on Phytophthora Diseases of Avocado
    Mike Coffey

AVOCADO BREEDING AND CLONAL TRIALS

  1. Avocado Breeding
    B. O. Bergh

  2. Isozymic Confirmation of Hybrid Parentage for 'G755' Selections
    Norman C. Ellstrand, Janet M. Lee, Bob O. Bergh, M. V. Coffey, and G. A. Zentmeyer

  3. Clonal Rootstock Production Trial
    G. S. Bender and M. L. Arpaia

  4. Avocado Irrigation/Fertilizer Research
    J. L. Meyer, M. Arpaia and G. Bender

AVOCADO PHYSIOLOGY

  1. Physiological Changes in Avocado Leaves During Water-Deficit Stress
    J. Nevin and C. J. Lovatt

  2. Plasma Membrane Changes in Avocado Postharvest Physiology
    Eugene A. Nothnagel

  3. Avocado Research
    W. W. Thomson and K. A. Platt-Aloia

AVOCADO INSECTS

  1. IPM California Avocados
    J. Blair Bailey

  2. Biological Control of Insects and Mites
    J. A. McMurtry

AVOCADO POSTHARVEST

  1. Postharvest Handling
    M. L. Arpaia and I. L. Eaks

  2. Cooperative Extension County Activities
    R. Bekey and G. E. Goodall

  1. AVOCADO RESEARCH ADVISORY COMMITTEE ROSTER