VOLUME II Postharvest Physiology and Handling

379 Physiological Maturity and Percent Dry Matter of California Avocado

C.A. Ranney, G. Gillete, A. Brydon, S. Mclntyre, 0. Rivers, C.A. Vasquez, and E. Wilson

387 Maturity Effects on Avocado Postharvest Physiology in Fruit Produced under Cool Environmental Conditions

J.G.M. Cutting and B.N. Wolstenholme

395 Relationship between Mineral Nutrition and Postharvest Fruit Disorders of 'Fuerte' Avocados

S.F. du Plessis and T.J. Koen

403 The Effect of Vegetative Pruning on Fruit Mineral Composition and Postharvest Quality in 'Hass' Avocado

J.G.M. Cutting and J.P. Bower

409 Inactivation in situ of Polyphenol Oxidase in Ripe Avocado Fruit

A. Trejo-Gonzalez, R. Munguia-Mazariegos, and M. Cantwell

417 Ultrastructure of Avocados: Ripening, Chilling Injury, and Isolation of Idioblast Oil Cells

K.A. P/att-Aloia and W.W. Thomson

427 Temperature Management - The Basis for Successful Export of South African 'Fuerte' Avocados

J.J. Bezuidenhout, LL. Vorster, and J.C. Joerien

435 The Influence of Harvest Maturity, Type of Packing and Temperatures on Avocado Quality

LA. Lizana, M. Salas, and H. Berger.

443 Ultrastructure and Cytology of the Postharvest Avocado (Persea americana Mill.) Fruit

J.G. Luza and L.A. Lizana.

449 Contribution of Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxylase to the Carbon Economy of cv. Fuerte Avocado Fruit - Categorization of Photosynthesis and Effects of Simulated Salinity, CO2 Shock and CA-Storage

B.A. Notton and M.M. Blanks

457 Effect of Atmosphere Modification on Internal Physiological Browning of 'Fuerte' Avocados

A.B. Truter, F.J. Calitz, J.G.M. Cutting, and J.P. Bower

463 Long-Distance Controlled Atmosphere Transport of Avocados

G.J. Eksteen, A.B. Truter, and LL Vorster

467 Response of 'Hass' Avocado to Postharvest Storage in Controlled Atmosphere Conditions

D.F. Faubion, F.G. Mitchell, G. Mayer, and M.L. Arpaia

473 Postharvest Biological Control of Avocado Postharvest Diseases

L. Korsten and J.M. Kotzé

479 Regulation of Natural Resistance of Avocado Fruit for the Control of Postharvest Disease

D. Prusky, I. Kobiler, R. Plumbley, N. T. Keen, and J.J. Sims

485 Response to Avocado Pericarp Tissue to Mechanical Injury

C.A. Schroeder

489 Avocado Fruit Maturation and Criteria for Harvest

A. Blumenfeld, R. Offer, M. Elimelech, C. Degani, and R. El Bazri

490 Cellulase Localization and Membrane Changes During Ripening in Avocado Fruit

T.F. Dallman, W.W. Thomson, E.A. Nothnagel, andI.L. Eaks

491 Predicting Fruit Quality After Storage, Is it Possible and Practical with our Current Knowledge?

J.G.M. Cutting

492 Accumulation of Fluorescent Lipid-Peroxidation Products During Ripening of 'Fuerte' Avocado Fruit

S. Meir, S. Philosoph-Hadas, G. Zauberman, Y. Fuchs, M. Akerman, and N. Aharoni

493 Effect of Fruit Development and Ecological Growing Conditions on Oil Composition of Persea americana Fruit Mesocarp

Y.F. Lozano and E.M. Gaydou

494 Effect of Conditioning Temperatures, Intermittent Warming and High CO2 on Ripening and Chilling Injury Control in 'Hass' Avocado

C. Saucedo-Veloz, J.M. Martinez-Javega, and M. Mateos-Otero

495 The Relationship of Flesh Softening to the Respiratory Climacteric, Ethylene Production and Ammonia Accumulation in Avocado

M.L. Arpaia, C.J. Lovatt, F.G. Mitchell, and G. Mayer

496 The Relationship of Flowering Time to Harvest Time

J. de la Luz Sanchez P. and P. Palomares A.

569 Avocado Breeding in Israel

E. Lahav, U. Lavi, C. Degani, and S. Gazit

570 Avocado Breeding Experiences and Prospects

B.O. Bergh and G.E. Martin

571 Evaluation of New Avocado Cultivars

A. Blumenfeld, M. Elimelech, and M. Goren

572 Evaluation of Germplasm From Guatemala for Resistance to Phytophthora (1982-1990)

M.D. Coffey and E. Schieber

573 The Development of Molecular Markers in Avocado

M. T. Clegg, D. Henderson, and M. Durbin

574 Effect of IBA, Kinetin, and Benzylaminopurine on the Germination, Shoot Development and Root Formation in Avocado Embryos Cultivated in vitro

H. Gonzalez-Rosas, B.E. Llano-Agudelo, and S. Salazar-Garcia

575 A Genetic Basis for Avocado Decline in the Rancho California Area of California

N.C. Ellstrand, J.M. Clegg, M.L. Arpaia, and G.W. Witney

576 Preliminary Results on in vitro Selection for Tolerance to Chloride Excess in Avocado

H. Gonzalez-Rosas, G, Ramirez-Reyes, J.L. Rodriguez-Ontiveros, and S. Salazar-Garcia

Economic, Marketing and Commercial Trends

579 Irrigation and Fertilization Management of Avocados: Economic Analysis Progress Report

E. Takele, J.L. Meyer, D.E. Stott/emyer, M.V. Yates, M.L. Arpaia, G.S. Bender, and G. W. Witney

585 The Structure of the Spanish Domestic Market for Avocados: Comments from a Consumer Survey

J. Calatrava

595 Returns to Scale of the Spanish Avocado Industry: The Dynamics of the Productive Structures

J. Calatrava and F. Giardin

603 Estimating California Avocado Production

A. Crane

609 New Variety Introduction Under U.S. Conditions

W. Currier

615 Production and Demand for Chilean Avocados: Domestic and Export Markets

N. Sepiilveda and L.A. Lizana

 

The Global Avocado Market: Marketing Approaches and Perspectives

619 Introduction to the Section

M. Affleck

621 World Avocado Market: A Brief Review

M. Affleck

625 The Current State of the Israeli Avocado Industry

/. Shoham

633 Review of the Mexican Avocado Industry in 1991

C. Illsley

639 The Chilean Avocado Industry

R. Barros and L. Sanchez

643 The United States Avocado Market

M. Affleck

647 The Update of the Spanish Avocado Industry

J. Diaz-Robledo

653 An Overview of the South African Avocado Industry

J.C. Toerien, ft.M. van Zyl, and F.J. Lourens

 

Closing Session

661 Janus Looks Again

J. Shepherd

Workshops

665 "Will Processed Products Overtake the Fresh Market as the Major Profit Maker?"

A.J. Vangelos and S. Barnhard

667 "Is a Pollinator Required to Maximize Avocado Production?"

T.L. Davenport and E. Lahav

669 "Phytophthora Root Rot Management and Trunk Injection: History and Methodologies"

H.D. Ohr and A.W. Whiley

679 "Tree Spacing or Tree Thinning - Which is best?"

J.S. Köhne and G.W. Witney

681 "So You Have Root Rot Under Control, is Black Streak, Bacterial Canker, or Some Other Disease Reducing Yield? How are these Diseases Managed in the Various Avocado-Growing Countries?"

R.C. Ploetz and L. Korsten

685 World Avocado Society Planning Session

M. Browne and J. Toerien

687 List of Participants

XLIX Author Index