California Avocado Commission
2000 Avocado Research Symposium
Table of Contents
1. Avocado
Postharvest Quality
Project Leader: Mary Lu Arpaia
2. Enhancement of Avocado Productivity
I.
Plant Improvement - Selection and evaluation of Improved Varieties and
Rootstocks
Project Leader: Mary Lu Arpaia
II.
Tree Phenology, Carbohydrate Cycling and Canopy Management
Project Leader: Mary Lu Arpaia
3. 'Lamb
Hass' Maturity and Fruit Quality Study
Project Leader: Mary Lu Arpaia
4. Market
Fruit Quality Study
Project Leader: Mary Lu Arpaia
5. Host-Parasite
Interactions between Avocado Rootstocks and Phytophthora cinnamomi
Project Leaders: C. Thomas Chao and J. Menge
6. Development
of Molecular Markers, Microsatellite
Project Leader: Michael T. Clegg
7. Rootstock
Selections for Improved Salinity Tolerance of Avocado
Project Leaders: David Crowley and MaryLu Arpaia
8. Sensitive
Detection and Characterization of Viroid, Virus, and Virus-like Agents of
Avocado
Project Leader: J. Allan Dodds
9. Avocado
Thrips (Scirtothrips persea Nakahara [Thysanoptera: Thripidae]) Biology and
Management: Overview of Subprojects
Project Leader: Mark S. Hoddle
10. Avocado Thrips Research
I.
Combined Subproject 1: Laboratory Studies on Biology, Field Phenology, and
Foreign Exploration and Subproject 3: Pesticide Screening, Sabadilla
Resistance, Goetheana and Lacewing Studies
Subproject Leaders: Mark S. Hoddle and Joseph G. Morse
II.
Subproject 2: Agri-Mek and Success Evaluations and Phenology in the field
Subproject Leaders: Wee L. Yee, Phil A. Phillips, and Ben A Faber
11. Using
Neoseiulus californicus for Control of Persea Mite
Project Leader: Mark S. Hoddle
12. Avocado
Rootstock Development by Somatic Hybridization and Genetic Engineering
Project Leader: Richard E. Litz
13. Improving
Fruit Set and Yield of the 'Hass' Avocado with Potassium Phosphate or Potassium
Phosphite Applied During Bloom
Project Leader: Carol J. Lovatt
14. Nitrogen
Fertilization Strategies to Increase Yield of the 'Hass' Avocado
Project Leader: Carol J. Lovatt
15. Fungi
Isolated after Harvest from Decayed California Avocado Fruit
Project Leaders: Dennis A. Margosan and Joseph L. Smilanick
16. Biocontrol
of Phytophthora Root Rot of Avocado with Mulch and Biocontrol Agents
Project Leader: John A. Menge
17. Screening
and Evaluation of New Rootstocks with Resistance To Phytophthora cinnamomi
Project Leader: John A. Menge
18. Enhancement
of Avocado Pollination and Fruit Yield
Project Leader: Nikolas Waser
19. Evaluation
of Selected Israeli Rootstocks for Productivity and Dwarfness under Various
Stress Conditions
Project Leader: Miriam Zilberstaine