VOLUME II Postharvest Physiology and Handling
379 Physiological Maturity and Percent Dry
Matter of
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
J.G. Luza and
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,
485 Response to Avocado Pericarp
Tissue to Mechanical Injury
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
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
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
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
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
A. Crane
609
New Variety Introduction Under
W. Currier
615 Production and Demand for Chilean Avocados: Domestic and
Export Markets
N. Sepiilveda and
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
/. 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