1988 Summary of Avocado Research

Avocado Research Advisory Committee University of California, Riverside

TABLE OF CONTENTS

  1. Economic Trends in Avocados
    Eta Takele

BREEDING AND CLONAL TRIALS

  1. Avocado Breeding
    B. O. Bergh

  2. Avocado Clonal Rootstock Trial
    G. S. Bender and M. L. Arpaia

TREE AND FRUIT PHYSIOLOGY

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

  2. Nitrogen Metabolism during Stress of the Hass Avocado
    C. J. Lovatt and J. Nevin

  3. Influence of Salinity/Rootstock on Hass Seedling Growth
    J. D. Oster

IRRIGATION/FERTILIZER RESEARCH

  1. Irrigation/Fertilization Management of Avocados
    J. L. Meyer, M. Arpaia and G. Bender

DISEASES

  1. Phytophthora citricola—Advances in our Understanding of the Disease
    P. Oudemans and Mike Coffey

  2. Cultural/Biological Control of Phytophthora Root Rot
    Mike Coffey

  3. Chemical Control of Avocado Root Rot
    Mike Coffey

  4. Avocado Rootstocks with Resistance or Tolerance to P. cinnamomi
    Mike Coffey

  5. Root rot and Rootstock Facts
    Mike Coffey

INSECTS

  1. Three Avocado Research Projects
    Blair Bailey

  2. Biological Control of Insect/Mite Pests of Avocado
    Jim McMurtry

COOPERATIVE EXTENSION COUNTY ACTIVITIES

  1. San Diego
    Gary Bender

AVOCADO RESEARCH ADVISORY COMMITTEE

  1. Membership