4th Australian and New Zealand Avocado Growers Conference (ANZAGC09)
Cairns, Australia
21-24 July 2009
Keynote Presentations
Keynote 1:
Ms Valli Little
Food Editor, Delicious magazine
Keynote 2. A healthy diet equals a healthy you
Mrs Zoe Bingley-Pullin
Nutritionist
Keynote 3: Status, impact and management of the major diseases of
avocado
Prof Randy Ploetz
University of Florida
Keynote 4: Alternate bearing in avocado – an overview
Prof Nigel Wolstenholme
Keynote 5: Avocados in Woolworths
Mr Darren Weir
Senior Business Manager, Fresh Produce, Woolworths
Keynote 6: Multi country avocado promotion programs in the U.S.
market
Mr Jose Luis Obregon
Managing Director, Hass Avocado Board
Keynote 7: Australian industry promotion program overview
Mr Antony Allen
CEO, Avocados Australia
Keynote 8: New Zealand industry promotion program overview
Mr Alan Thorn
CEO, New Zealand Avocado Industry Council
Handling
State of the industry
New Zealand avocado industry, state of the industry
Mr Alan Thorn
Australian avocado industry, state of the industry
Mr Antony Allen
Harvesting
Robotics in horticulture
Dr Claire Flemmer
Harvesting Hass avocados during high temperatures
Mr Alec McCarthy
Elevating picking platform standards – a time of
change
Mr Keith Batten
Exports
Exporting
Australian avocado fruit: technical challenges, options and research
Dr Peter Hofman
Avocado
exports – the South African story
Mr Derek Donkin
Marketing
avocados in Thailand
Mr Tom French
New
Zealand's export success
Jem Burdon
Exporting from AustraliaGrowing
Mr Louis Grey
Growing
Workshop on avocado growth cycle
Avocado Tree Growth Cycle
Dr Jonathan Dixon and Mr Simon Newett
Irregular bearing in ‘Hass’ avocado – possible role
of carbohydrates and boron
Dr Grant Thorp
Alternate bearing
Alternate bearing in avocado: An Overview
Prof Nigel Wolstenholme
Alternate bearing in avocado: Nutrition
Prof Nigel Wolstenholme
Avocado fruit set in New Zealand
Dr Mark Goodwin & Lisa Evans
Avocado irrigation monitoring techniques
Mr Fabian Gallo
Transpiration during avocado flowering: How much
water do the flowers use?
Dr Mike Clearwater
Can canopy management strategies overcome alternate
bearing?
Dr John Leonardi
Australian
rootstock program update 09
Dr Tony Whiley
The quest to find superior avocado rootstocks
Dr Danielle Le Lagadec
Plant health - A
Managing
Phytophthora cinnamomi
Dr Elizabeth Dann and Dr Ken Pegg
Phellinus
noxius: brown root rot in
avocado
Mr Luke Smith
Laurel
wilt: A global threat to avocado production
Prof Randy Ploetz
Improved timing of phosphonate injections for Pc
control in New Zealand
Mr Colin Partridge
Plant health - B
Preparing
for biosecurity issues
Mr Greg Fraser
Integrated
pest management in avocados
Dr Henry Drew
Optimising
concentrate spray applications in avocados
Mrs Robyn Gaskin
Better
control of avocado sunblotch disease through improved diagnostic technologies
Dr Andrew Geering
Crop
yield loss you can’t see
Mr Stewart Frankling
New avocado varieties and rootstocks forum
An open forum with owners of new avocado varieties and rootstocks from across the world including:
Maluma, a new generation cultivar
Dr André Ernst
Performance of avocado clonal rootstocks in South
Africa
Mr Denis Roe
Avocado IP management: varieties and rootstocks
Dr Tony Whiley
Packing
NIRS
technology for determining maturity in avocados
Mr Brett Wedding
New
advances in packing
Dr Rory Flemmer
Computer
systems to deliver product and profits
Ms Sharon Chapman
Consuming
Fruit quality
What
avocado consumers want
Dr Roger Harker
Avocado
retail quality surveys
Mrs Joanna Embry
Improving
the avocado supply chains
Mr Terry Campbell and Ms Jodie Campbell
Beyond
AvoGreen
Dr Henry Pak
Impacts of fruit disease management on quality
Dr Elizabeth Dann and Dr Lindy Coates
Marketing
Australian
avocado consumer research 2009
Mr Rob Mason
Retail
price surveys: what do avocados cost?
Mr Antony Allen
Avocado
and food service
Mr David Chenu
Interactive
workshop with the Australian promotion agencies including
Gallery De Pasquale
Education
Lipophilic
bioactives in avocados
Dr Dimitrios Zabaras
The
avocado nutritionist
Mrs Zoe Bingley-Pullin
AVO 7025
Benchmarking the usage and attitudes of health professionals towards eating
avocados
Mr Joseph Ebbage
Health
professional perspective
Dr Steve Culpan