California Avocado Society
1985 Yearbook
Volume 69

Table of Contents

Section I — The California Avocado Society

8. Past Presidents
   
   
10. 1985 California Avocado Society Officers
    
    
11. 1986 California Avocado Society Officers
    
    
12. 1985 Committees of the California Avocado Society
    
    
14. 1986 Committees of the California Avocado Society
    
    
16. Minutes of the Annual Meeting
    Thelma Piercy
    
    
18. Financial Statements
    
    
27. Awards of Honor
    
    
29. An Appraisal of Gwen and Whitsell
    David Freistadt
    
    
31. "Pre-Ripe" — An Update
    Charles Oilman Henry
    
    
35. Report of the President
    Lois M. Todd
    
    
39. Production Research: New Direction
    John S. Shepherd
    
    
41. Let's Grow Together in 1985/86
    John Bartelme
    
    
47. Government and Growers
    Hon. Robert J. Lagomarsino
    
    
54. Report of the Nurserymen's Section
    H. Craig Laursen
    
    
55. Report of the Policy Committee
    W. H. Brokaw
    
    
56. Report of the Research Committee
    George A. Zentmyer
    
    
57. Report of the Variety Committee
    Oliver H. Atkins

Section II — General

62. University of California Avocado Cultivars
    United States Plant Patent Notice
    
    
63. A Word about Plant Patents
    W. H. Brokaw
    
    
65. New Variety Introduction: What is the Grower Role?
    Warren Currier
    
    
69. Avocados on Easter Island
    C. A. Schroeder
    
    
73. Avocado Culture in the Canary Islands
    Victor Galán Saúco and Domingo Fernandez Galvan
    
    
81. Maturity and Picking Dates of Avocados under Cyprus Conditions
    N.J. Vakis, C. Gregoriou and M. Papademetriou
    
    
89. Origin and Distribution of Phytophthora cinnamomi
    George A. Zentmyer

Section III — Technical

97. Avocado Black Streak
    Howard D. Ohr and Margaret K. Murphy
    
    
101. Effect of Progressive Soil Salinity on the Leaf Water Potential and Stomated Conductance in Avocado (Persea americana Mill.)
     S. Salazar-Garcia and A. Larque-Saavedra
     
     
105. The Influence of Salinity and Rootstock on Avocado Seedling Growth — Progress Report
     J.D. Oster, R. Brokaw, R.A. Strohman, and J.E. Tracy
     
     
111. Some Root Characteristics of Avocado (Persea americana Mill.) Seedlings of the West Indian and Guatemalan Races
     M.W. Borys, J.L. Barrera-Guerra, and J. Luna-Lopez
     
     
123. Results of Micropropagation of Subtropical Trees and Shrubs
     Isabella Napolione
     
     
125. Propagation in vitro of Chinini (Persea schiedeana Nees)
     H. Gonzalez-Rosas, S. Salazar-Garcia and V. Vazquez Valdivia
     
     
133. An Analytical Assay for the Determination of Oil Content in Avocado
     Ionel Rosenthal, Uzi Merin, Gita Popel, and Solange Bernstein
     
     
137. Physiological Gradient in Avocado Fruit
     C. A. Schroeder
     
     
145. A Preliminary Report on Phosphorus Deficiency of Hass Avocado
     Jonathan E. Tracy