California Avocado Society
1987 Yearbook
Volume 71

Table of Contents

Section I — The California Avocado Society

6. Past Presidents
   
   
8. 1987 California Avocado Society Officers
   
   
9. 1988 California Avocado Society Officers
   
   
10. 1987 Committees of the California Avocado Society
    
    
13. 1988 Committees of the California Avocado Society
    
    
16. Minutes of the Annual Meeting
    Clifford Sponsel
    
    
20. Financial Statements
    
    
26. Marvin B. Rounds Research Fund
    Jack Shepherd
    
    
28. Awards of Honor
    
    
30. Award of Honor 1986
    
    
31. Award of Honor 1987
    
    
33. Report of the Research Committee
    
    
34. Report of the Program Committee
    
    
35. Report of the Variety Committee
    
    
39. Avocado Varieties for Commercial Planting in California 1988
    
    
48. Report of the Nurserymen's Section
    
    
49. The World Avocado Congress: What We Learned
    W.H. Brokaw
    
    
55. Who Will Pick Your Fruit Next Year?
    Russell L. Williams
    
    
63. Avocados Around the World
    George A. Zentmyer
    
    
79. It's Your Turn!
    Panel
    
    
95. The President's Report
    W.H. Brokaw
    
    
103. Remarks
     
     
107. Marketing Challenges Facing California Agriculture
     Kenneth R. Farrell
     
     
113. Foreign "Friends" and "Foes"
     Karen Darling

Section II — General

121. Phytophthora Root Rot of Avocado—An Integrated Approach to Control in California
     Michael D. Coffey
     
     
139. Phytophthora citricola —Advances In Our Understanding of the Disease
     Peter Oudemans and Michael D. Coffey
     
     
147. Mounds Aid Root Rot Replants
     G.E. Goodall, H.D. Ohr, and G.A. Zentmyer
     
     
153. A Visit to Chile
     Kurt P. Pidduck
     
     
157. Current Status of Avocado Growing in Mexico
     Salvador Sanchez Colin
     
     
165. The South African Avocado Industry
     J.C. Toerien
     
     
169. Profiles of UCR Clonal Rootstocks
     M.D. Coffey and Fred Guillemet
     
     
173. Avocado Rootstocks
     M.D. Coffey and Fred Guillemet
     
     
181. First Progress Report for a "Monitoring - Early Warning Project" for Amorbia and the O. Looper, Insect Pests of California Avocado and Citrus
     J.B. Bailey, K.N. Olsen, N.V. O'Connell, and P.A. Phillips
     
     
193. How Avocado Fruits Soften During Ripening
     Eugene A. Nothnagel
     
     
199. Persea zentmyerii: A New Species from Guatemala
     Eugenio Schieber and Bob Bergh
     
     
205. Characterization of Eleven Late-Maturing Selections of Avocado (Persea americana Mill.)
     Ma. Teresa Martinez Damian

Section III — Technical

225. Selection of Dwarfing Rootstocks of Avocado (Persea americana Mill.)
     Alfredo Lopez Jimenez and Alejandro F. Barrientos Priego
     
     
235. Relative Sensitivity of Avocado Varieties to Photochemical Smog (Ozone) and Sulfur Dioxide
     D.M. Olszyk, B.O. Bergh, G. Kats, and R.H. Whitsell
     
     
241. Phosphonate- Fungicides for Control of Diseases Caused by Phytophthora
     Mark Fenn and Michael D. Coffey
     
     
251. Stress
     Carol J. Lovatt
     
     
257. Fluorescence of Tissues in Avocado Fruit
     C.A. Schroeder
     
     
259. Chemical Inactivation of Avocado Sunblotch Viroid on Pruning and Propagation Tools
     P.R. Desjardins, P.J. Saski, and R.J. Drake

Section IV — Membership Lists

264. California Avocado Society Membership—1987