California Avocado Society

2002-2003 Yearbook

Volume 86

Table of Contents

 

6        Past Presidents of the Society

7        2001-02 California Avocado Society Officers and Directors

8        Minutes of the 2002 Annual Meeting

10      Financial Statements FY 2001-2002

14      Report from the President
Derek Knobel

17      Award of Honor – 2002

21      2002 Oliver Atkins Award of Merit

23      2002-03 California Avocado Society Officers and Directors

25      Minutes of the 2003 Annual Meeting

28      Financial Statements FY 2002-2003

32      Report from the President
Derek Knobel

37      Award of Honor – 2003

39      2003 Oliver Atkins Award of Merit

40      Awards of Honor - Past Recipients

43      In Memoriam - George Aubrey Zentmyer
John Menge and Hank Brokaw

46      In Memoriam, Dr. George Zentmyer
Hank Brokaw

Avocado Marketing

51      Mexican Avocados: History... The Full Story
Tom Bellamore

Avocado Research

75      Notes from Spain: A Summary of the V World Avocado Congress
Giovanni Cavaletto

93      Avocado Planting Systems
B. Faber, G. Thorp, A. Barnett

99      Slope and Aspect Effect on Evaporation as Measured by Atmometer
B. A. Faber

105     Natural Enemies Associated with Avocado Thrips in Ventura County Avocado Groves: Results of a pilot study and year one of a three-year survey
Pascal Oevering, Ben Faber, Phil Phillips

127     Phenology of Scirtothrips perseae Nakahara (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) and Associated Natural Enemies in Southern California Avocado Orchards
Mark S. Hoddle

147     Avocado Fruit Abnormalities Revisited
R. Hofshi and M. L. Arpaia