California Avocado Society
1976 Yearbook
Volume 60

Table of Contents

4. Index to Advertisers

SECTION I — CALIFORNIA AVOCADO SOCIETY

5. Officers, Past Presidents
   
   
6. Awards of Honor
   
   
7. Oliver Atkins
   
   
8. President's Report
   
   
11. Dr. J. Eliot Coit
    
    
14. Report from the Variety Committee
    
    
18. Membership Report
    
    
19. Financial Report

SECTION II — GENERAL

22. 1976 Costs to Produce Avocados in San Diego County
    C. D. Gustafson and R. C. Rock
    
    
26. Cost to Develop an Avocado Orchard in San Diego County
    C. D. Gustafson and R. C. Rock
    
    
30. A New Crop in San Luis Obispo County
    John H. Foott
    
    
32. Harvesting and Post Harvest Handling of Avocados in Florida
    Philip W. Newman
    
    
37. An Historical Document in California Avocado History
    C. A. Schroeder
    
    
47. Adapting Japanese Citrus Handling Methods and Equipment to California Avocados
    B.W. Lee
    
    
57. Avocado Water Relations
    C. D. Gustafson

SECTION III — RESEARCH

74. 1976 World Avocado Production
    Don Gustafson
    
    
92. The Carnation Leaf-Roller Cacoecimorpha (Cacoecia) Pronubana Huebner (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae) on Trees in Israel
    M. Wyoski and Y. Ishar
    
    
97. Fruit Removal from Steep Hillside Avocado Orchards Progress Report
    C. D. Gustafson
    
    
106. Some Aspects of the Flower Behavior, Pollination and Fruit Set of Avocado (Persea Americana Mill.) in Trinidad
     Minas K. Papademetriou
     
     
154. Origin of Phytophthora Cinnamomi
     G. A. Zentmyer
     
     
160. Responses of Avocado Stem Pieces in Tissue Culture
     C. A. Schroeder
     
     
165. Avocado Rootstocks Resistant to Phytophthora Cinnamomi
     George A. Zentmyer, Fred B. Guillemet, George Goodall, C. D. Gustafson, and B. W. Lee
     
     
169. Trunk Canker of Avocado Caused by Phytophthora Heveae
     G. A. Zentmyer, L. J. Klure, and E. O'Neal
     
     
172. Exploring for Persea in Costa Rica
     G. A. Zentmyer and E. Schieber
     
     
177. Black Streak Disease of Avocados
     Howard D. Ohr. Robert G. Platt, and George A. Zentmyer
     
     
181. Potassium Fertilizer Experiment with Avocado Trees on Heavy Soils
     E. Lahav, M. Bareket, and D. Zamet
     
     
188. Root Rot Control in Tropical Rainforest Soils
     K. G. Pegg

SECTION IV — MEMBERSHIP

192. California Avocado Society Membership—1976