A Study of Modular Growth in Avocado (Persea americana Mill.)

T. Grant Thorp

PhD Thesis
The University of Adelaide
South Australia
1992

Contents

• Title Page
• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: Review of vegetative and reproductive growth interactions in avocado.
• Chapter 3: Architectural analysis of tree form in a range of avocado cultivars.
• Chapter 4: Preformation of node number in vegetative and reproductive proleptic shoot modules of Persea (Lauraceae).
• Chapter 5: Influence of shoot age on floral development and early fruit set in 'Hass' avocado.
• Chapter 6: Manipulation of shoot growth patterns in relation to early fruit set in 'Hass' avocado.
• Chapter 7: Summary of avocado tree architecture.
• Chapter 8: General discussion.
• Chapter 9: References
• Appendices