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 Knobel21 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 Knobel39 2003 Oliver Atkins Award of Merit
40 Awards of Honor - Past Recipients
43 In Memoriam - George Aubrey Zentmyer
John Menge and Hank Brokaw46 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 Cavaletto93 Avocado Planting Systems
B. Faber, G. Thorp, A. Barnett99 Slope and Aspect Effect on Evaporation as Measured by Atmometer
B. A. Faber105 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 Phillips127 Phenology of Scirtothrips perseae Nakahara (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) and Associated Natural Enemies in Southern California Avocado Orchards
Mark S. Hoddle147 Avocado Fruit Abnormalities Revisited
R. Hofshi and M. L. Arpaia