California Avocado Society
1986 Yearbook
Volume 70

Table of Contents

Section I — The California Avocado Society

6. Past Presidents
   
   
8. 1986 California Avocado Society Officers
   
   
9. 1987 California Avocado Society Officers
   
   
10. 1986 Committees of the California Avocado Society.
    
    
12. 1987 Committees of the California Avocado Society.
    
    
14. Minutes of the Annual Meeting
    Thelma Piercy
    
    
16. Financial Statements
    
    
22. Awards of Honor
    
    
25. 1986 Award of Honor
    
    
27. Report of the Research Committee
    George A. Zentmyer
    
    
28. Report of the Production Research Advisory Committee
    W.H. Brokaw
    
    
30. Report of the Variety Committee
    Oliver Atkins
    
    
32. Report of the Nurserymen's Section
    Larry Rose
    
    
35. California Avocado Society 1986 Annual Meeting: Day One
    W.H. Brokaw
    
    
39. Report of the President
    W.H. Brokaw
    
    
45. Word from Australia
    Don Lavers
    
    
51. The International Avocado Industry—A Global Perspective
    Mark Affleck
    
    
57. Off to a Good Start
    John Bartelme
    
    
63. Growers/Packers/Retailers—Partners in Progress
    Richard Spezzano

Section II — General

71. Industry Funding of Avocado Research
    Bob Bergh
    
    
79. Avocado Breeding—Progress and Prospects
    Bob Bergh, Bob Whitsell, and Gray Martin
    
    
91. Pollination of Avocados—Some New Insights with Special Reference to the ‘Hass’ Variety
    Ron Bekey
    
    
99. Greenhouse Thrips Emerging as Number One Avocado Pest
    Ron Bekey
    
    
103. Williams Avocado Tree
     Bob Whitsell, Alvin Lypps, and Bob Bergh
     
     
107. Observations on a Biological Root Rot Control Trial in the Fallbrook Area
     George Borst
     
     
111. Selecting Rootstock
     W.H. Brokaw
     
     
115. Computers and the Avocado Grower
     Brooks Lyman

Section III — Technical

127. The Origin, Indigenous Range, and Dissemination of the Avocado
     W.B. Storey, Bob Bergh, and G.A. Zentmyer
     
     
135. Taxonomy of the Avocado
     Bob Bergh and Norm Ellstrand
     
     
147. Field Development of a Synthetic Sex Pheromone for Omnivorous Looper Sabulodes aegrotata
     J.B. Bailey, K.N. Olsen, and L.M. McDonough
     
     
151. Amorbia cuneana, a Pest of Avocados in California: Discovery of Sibling Species Through the Use of Pheromones
     J.B. Bailey, L.M. McDonough, and K.N. Olsen
     
     
157. Rooting of Avocado Cuttings (Persea americana Mill.) cvs. Fuerte and Colin V-33
     A. Barrientos-Priego, M.W. Borys, and F. Barrientos-Perez
     
     
165. Root Distribution of Mature Avocado Trees Growing in Soils of Different Texture
     S. Salazar-Garcia and J.I. Cortes-Flores
     
     
175. Root/Shoot Relation and Some Root Characteristics in Seedlings of Avocado and Chinini
     M.W. Borys
     
     
199. Isozymes Confirm Hybrid Parentage for 'G755' Selections
     Norman C. Ellstrand, Janet M. Lee, B.O. Bergh, M.D. Coffey, and G.A. Zentmyer