Subtropical Fruit News

November 1997

Volume 5, No. 2

 

Table of Contents

 

 

1.       The avocado thrips: a new pest for Californian avocado growers
Mark S. Hoddle

4.       Future prospects for citrus thrips management: are thrips pupae on the ground a weak link in the life cycle which could be exploited?
Heinrich Schweizer and Joseph G. Morse

8.       Applying nitrogen through microirrigation systems
Blaine Hanson

10.     Soil pH
Ben Faber

11.     Rain equals snails
Nick Sakovich

12.     Toxicity of avocado leaves to animals
Gary S. Bender

12.     Wet Year? How will it affect your citrus?
Peggy A. Mauk

14.     Foamy bark rot of citrus
Beth L. Teviotdale

15.     Green waste, yard waste, recycled organics, green source – whatever you call it, who wants it?
Ben Faber

16.     Plant disease diagnostics and soil testing labs in California
Marcella Grebus

18.     Ventura County News: 1998 Sabbatical Leave
Nick Sakovich

18.     Riverside County News: Coniophora spp. Does it cause a decline of lemons in our desert?
Peggy A. Mauk

19.     Correction: “Management of Greenhouse Thrips in Coastal Avocados”, Subtropical Fruit News, Winter/Spring 1997, 5(1):1-3.