South African Avocado Growers’ Association

1985 Yearbook

Volume 8

Table of Contents

 

6.       Opening address at the Annual Research Symposium
Dr A J Heyns

8.       Post harvest physiological problems of avocados
L Ginsburg

12.     Chemical control of avocado root rot in California
M D Coffey

13.     Strategy for combating avocado root rot
J M Kotzé

15.     Progress in rootstock research in California
M D Coffey

17.     Guidelines for an avocado improvement programme
W P Burger

21.     Selection of avocado rootstocks
A Ben-Ya’acov

24.     Economic aspects of avocado production: orchard replacement
J A Groenewald & D C Du Toit

27.     Aberrant fruit development in avocado
C A Schroeder

29.     Symptoms and causes
J M Kotzé & J M Darvas

35.     Choice of chemicals for disease control
T H De Wet

RESEARCH/NAVORSING               

40.     Research for the year 1984/85
J M Kotzé

42.     'n Aftas elektronmikroskoop studie van Stilbella cinnabarina
F D N Denner

44.     Efficacy of Prochloraz treatments for post-harvest disease control in avocados
A W G Le Roux, R C Wentzel & C Roose

46.     ULV application of systemic fungicides for the control of post-harvest avocado diseases
J M Darvas

48.     Evaluasie in vitro van die effektiwiteit van swamdoders teen Colletotrichum gloeosporioides en Dothiorella aromática
F D N Denner & J M Kotzé

52.     Chemiese beheer van na-oessiektes by avokados deur vooroes swamdoder toedienings
F D N Denner, A W G Rowell

55.     Identification and monitoring of pre-pack cull factors of avocados during 1984 season
C J Partridge & J H E Smith

57.     Application of synthetic oligonucleotide probes for detection of avocado sunblotch viroid
M Bar-Joseph, D Segev, W Blincle, M Alper & A Rosner

59.     Sunblotch associated reduction in fruit yield in both symptomatic and symptomless carrier trees
J V Da Graca

61.     Problems with PAGE indexing for avocado sunblotch
J V Da Graca & T N Trench

63.     Bacterial Canker of avocado
L Korsten & J M Kotzé

66.     Shoot tip grafting of avocado for virus and viroid elimination
M Nel & J H De Lange

70.     Propagation of avocados by tissue culture: development of a culture medium for multiplication of shoots
P A Harty

72.     Evidence of ds RNA in South African avocados
J N De Graca & T N Trench

75.     Soil solarisation: a brief introduction
F C Wehner & J M Kotzé

76.     The relationship between avocado tree condition and dose rates of the fosetyl-Al injection for root rot control
J M Darvas, J C Toerien & D L Milne

78.     Effects of controlled and modified atmosphere storage on quality of eating ripe avocados
G J Eksteen & A B Truter

81.     Pre-ripening of avocado fruit by post-harvest treatments with ethylene
S Köhne

84.     Opbergings temperatuurstudies
H Smith

87.     Evaluasie van "La Barge" — 'n Vrugterypmaakkas
D H Swarts

88.     The effect of calcium salts on the components causing browning of avocado fruit
Evan Rensburg & A H P Engelbrecht

92.     Theoretical and practical implications of plant growth substance trends in developing Fuerte avocado fruits
J G Cutting, B N Wolstenholme, P J Hofman & A W Lishman

97.     The calcium accumulation pattern in avocado fruit as influenced by long-term irrigation regime
J P Bower

100.    Monitoring phosphorus compounds in avocado tissues
J J Bezuidenhout, L Korsten & J M Kotzé

103.    Yield estimation based on measureable parameters
S Köhne

104.    The liming of acid soil under avocado cultivation
P S Fouché