November 1, 2003
Ventura Beach Marriott Hotel
Ventura, California
SPONSORED BY THE CALIFORNIA AVOCADO COMMISSION
Edited by: Guy Witney
Director of Industry Affairs
California Avocado Commission
38 Discovery, Suite 150, Irvine, California 92618
gwitney@avocado.org
California Avocado Commission Production Research Committee
Our Mission: To provide California Avocado Growers a means to achieve optimum profitability, now and in the future, through focused research, global collaboration, and effective communication of results.
A. BREEDING AND GENETICS
Screening and Evaluation of New Rootstocks with
Resistance to Phytophthora cinnamomi
John A. Menge, B. Mckee, E. Pond, G. Bender, M. Arpaia, B. Faber, M. Crowley,
M. Clegg, T. Chao, P. Mauk, A. Alizadeh
Department of Plant Pathology, UCR
Enhancement of Avocado Productivity. Plant
Improvement-Selection and Evaluation of Improved Varieties and Rootstocks
Mary Lu Arpaia, D. Stottlemyer, P. Robinson, W. Manor, K. Fjeld, J. Sievert,
UC South Coast Avocado Volunteers, R. Scora, J. Menge, D. Crowley, M. Clegg, M.
Hoddle, B. Faber and on-farm cooperators
Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, UCR
Application of Molecular Markers to Avocado
Improvement
Michael T. Clegg, V. E. T. M. Ashworth, Paul Robinson, Haofeng Chen
Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, UCR
Production of a New Generation of Avocado Rootstocks
by Somatic Hybridization and Genetic Engineering
Richard E. Litz
Tropical Research and Education Center, University of Florida
B. DISEASES
Biocontrol of Phytophthora Root Rot of Avocado with
Mulch and Biocontrol Agents
John A. Menge, D. Crowley, M. Crowley, E. Pond, J. Borneman, B. Mckee, B.
Faber, G. Bender, P. Mauk, J. Downer, P. Clark, V. McDonald, Bob Tombe
Department of Plant Pathology, UCR
Sensitive Detection and Characterization of Viroid,
Virus, and Virus-like Agents of Avocado
J. A. Dodds, D. M. Matthews
Department of Plant Pathology, UCR
C. PESTS
Biological Control of Avocado Thrips: Revisiting the
Efficacy of Green Lacewing Releases
Mark Hoddle, Lindsay Robinson
Department of Entomology, UCR
Biology and Chemical Control of Avocado Thrips;
Pesticide Resistance Monitoring with Avocado Thrips and Persea Mite
Joseph Morse, P. Oevering, P. Phillips, B. Faber, M. Hoddle, L. Robinson, F.
Byrne, N. Toscano
Department of Entomology, UCR
Biology and Management of Avocado Thrips (Scirtothrips
Persea Nakahara)
Pascal “Eve” Oevering, B. A. Faber, P. A. Phillilps, UC Cooperative
Extension, Ventura County
D. PHYSIOLOGY
Avocado Tree Physiology-Understanding the Basis of
Productivity
Robert L. Heath and Mary Lu Arpaia, M. V. Mickelbart*
Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, UCR
*(MVM) Soil, Plant and Ecological Sciences Division, Canterbury, New Zealand
Eliminating Alternate Bearing of the 'Hass' Avocado
Carol J. Lovatt
Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, UCR
Use of Plant Growth Regulators to Increase Fruit
Set, Fruit Size and Yield and to Manipulate Vegetative and Floral Shoot Growth
Carol J. Lovatt
Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, UCR
Rootstock Selections for Improved Salinity Tolerance
of Avocado
David Crowley, Mary Lu Arpaia, W. Smith, P. Clark, G. Bender
Department of Environmental Sciences, UCR
Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, UCR
E. POSTHARVEST
Hass Maturity Project
M.L. Arpaia, D. Boreham*, S. Collin, J. Fjeld, J. Sievert, and on-farm
cooperators
Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, UCR
*CDFA Avocado Inspection Services
Avocado Postharvest Quality
M.L. Arpaia, J. Sievert, S. Collin, K. Fjeld, M. Coetzer, D. Stottlemyer
Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, UCR
A. Woolf, A. White, HortResearch, Auckland, New Zealand
J. Smilanick and D. Margosan, USDA, ARS, Parlier, CA