General Reference

• Reuben Hofshi's Avocado Source - Information and links to avocado information from around the industry and around the world. http://www.avocadosource.com
• Avocado: Botany, Production and Uses - a comprehensive treatise on the avocado by A W Whiley, Queensland Horticulture Institute, Australia, B Schaffer, University of Florida, USA and B N Wolstenholme, University of Natal, South Africa
  http://www.cabi-publishing.org/Bookshop/ReadingRoom/0851993575.asp

Financial Information

• Avocado Sample Establishment and Production Costs and Profitability Analysis for Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties
  http://coststudies.ucdavis.edu/uploads/cost_return_articles/avovent2001-2.pdf
• Avocado Sample Establishment and Production Costs and Profitability Analysis for San Diego and Riverside Counties http://coststudies.ucdavis.edu/uploads/cost_return_articles/avosdiego2001.pdf
• TMP Fruit and Vegetable Prices http://www.todaymarket.com/us_pric.htm

Pests

• UC Pest Management Guidelines http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/selectnewpest.avocado.html
• The Avocado Thrips and Thrips Natural Enemies http://commserv.ucdavis.edu/CESanDiego/bender/thrips.htm
• Biological control information from Mark Hoddle’s laboratory at UC Riverside http://www.biocontrol.ucr.edu

Resources

• Reuben Hofshi's Avocado Source - Information and links to avocado information from around the industry and around the world. http://www.avocadosource.com
• Growing Avocados in Ventura County - A Reference Handbook http://coststudies.ucdavis.edu/cost-studies/AvoVent2001-2.pdf
• Avocado Index http://rics.ucdavis.edu/fnric2/crops/avocado.shtml
• University of California, Riverside, Botany and Plant Sciences - A wealth of avocado related information including a varietal database, growing information and more. http://www.ucavo.ucr.edu/
• University of California Cooperative Extension, Ventura County - A University of California Resource for agricultural, horticultural and environmental information.http://ceventura.ucdavis.edu
• The California Backyard Orchard - A University of California Resource for Fruit and Nut Crops http://homeorchard.ucdavis.edu/Avocado.shtml