California Avocado Society
1961 Yearbook
Volume 45

Table of Contents

4. Index of Advertisers
   
   
5. Foreword

Section I — California Avocado Society

6. Officers, Directors, Past Presidents of Avocado Society
   
   
7. Awards of Honor
   
   
8. 1961 Award of Honor
   
   
9. Report of the President
   
   
10. Minutes of Annual Meeting
    
    
11. Financial Report
    
    
13. Report of the Avocado Variety Committee
    
    
14. Report of the Subtropical Fruit Varieties Committee
    
    
16. Report of the Membership Committee
    
    
17. Report of the Foreign Exploration Committee
    
    
18. Report of the Research Station Committee
    
    
18. Report of the Research Committee
    
    
18. Report of the Library Committee

Section II — General Articles

19. Avocado Irrigation and Tensiometers
    C. D. Gustafson
    
    
23. A Day with a Farm Advisor
    R. C. Platt
    
    
27. Planning for the Planting; of an Avocado Orchard
    Ted Todd
    
    
31. Mechanized Picking for Avocados
    Roy J. Smith
    
    
33. Progress Report: Avocado Inarch Grafting
    R. M. Burns, J. Enderud, G. E, Goodall, and G. A. Zentmyer
    
    
37. The Avocado in Queensland Australia
    George H. Schultz
    
    
39. Soil Fumigation for Avocado Replants
    Don Gustafson
    
    
43. New Avocado Varieties
    Elwood E. Trask

Section III — Research

45. Review of Avocado Research at the University of California, Riverside
    Walter Reuther
    
    
53. Nutrition Studies With Mature Avocado Trees in Sand Culture: A Progress Report
    Frank T. Bingham
    
    
59. Collections for Phytophthora Root Rot Resistance in Mexico and the Caribbean
    George A. Zentmyer
    
    
63. Vegetative Propagation in Avocados by Means of Marcottage and the Rootings of Cuttings
    LeVern B. Young
    
    
67. Breeding Avocados at C.R.C.
    B. O. Bergh
    
    
75. Seasonal Changes in Concentrations of Micronutrients in Fuerte Avocado Leaves
    C. K. Labanauskas. T. W. Embleton, W. W. Jones, and M. J. Garber
    
    
81. Some Observations on the Nutritional Status of Avocado Trees in Israel
    Ch. Oppenheimer, A. Kadman, and F. Radziszewska
    
    
87. Temperature Conditions and Tolerance of Avocado Fruit Tissue
    C. A. Schroeder and Ernest Kay
    
    
93. Attraction of Zoospores of Phytophthora Cinnamomi to Avocado Roots
    George A. Zentmyer
    
    
96. Avocado Seedling Response to Irrigation and Fertilization on Soil from the South Coast Field Station
    S. J. Richards, J. E. Warneke, and F. T. Bingham
    
    
99. Escondido Area Root Rot Soil Survey
    R. M. Burns, G. Borst, C. D. Gustafson, G. A. Zentmyer, and W. A. Thorn
    
    
104. Current Research on Biological Control of Avocado Insect and Mite Pests
     J. A. McMurtry
     
     
107. Phytophthora Canker of Macadamia Trees
     George A. Zentmyer and William B. Storey
     
     
110. Chloride and Avocado Rootstocks
     T. W. Embleton, Mitsuo Matsumura, W. B. Storey, and M. J. Garber
     
     
116. Effects of Oxidant Air Pollutants on Avocado Trees
     O. C. Taylor