1994 AVOCADO RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM

California Avocado Society and University of California, Riverside

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PLANT IMPROVEMENT/MANAGEMENT

  1. Avocado Clonal Rootstock Production Trial
    M. L. Arpaia

  2. Development of a Phenological Model for California 'Hass' Avocado
    M. L. Arpaia

  3. Irrigation and Fertilization Management of Avocado
    M. L. Arpaia

  4. Does An Avocado Early Bloom Spray Make Dollars and Sense?
    C. Lovatt

  5. Fruit Set and Yield in 'Hass' Can Be Increased by Shifting the Time of Bloom or Proper Timing of Nitrogen Fertilization
    C. Lovatt

  6. Comparison of Determinate (Totally Floral) vs. Indeterminate (Floral with a Terminal Vegetative Flush) Inflorescences to Determine the Roles of PGRS, Carbohydrate, Nitrogen and Other Nutrients in Fruit Set of the 'Hass' Avocado
    C. Lovatt

  7. Molecular Genetics of Avocado
    M. Clegg

  8. Outcrossing in Avocado: Is There a Relationship with Yield?
    M. Clegg

  9. Trace Metal Nutrition of Avocado
    D. Crowley

PLANT PATHOLOGY

  1. Biocontrol Agents for Phytophthora Root Rot of Avocado
    W. Casale

  2. Screening and Evaluation of New Rootstocks with Resistance to Phytophthora Cinnamomi
    J. Menge

  3. Integrated Control of Avocado Diseases
    H. Ohr

ENTOMOLOGY

  1. Biological Control of Mites on Avocado
    J. McMurtry

POSTHARVEST

  1. Studies in the Postharvest Handling of California Avocados
    M. L. Arpaia