Proceedings of California Avocado Research Symposium 2005

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Table of Contents:

A. PESTS
Biology and Management of Avocado Lace Bug (ALB) in California
Mark Hoddle, J. Morse, R. Stouthamer - Department of Entomology, UCR
E. Humeres, F. Byrne, N. Toscano, S. Triapitsyn - UCR
D. Kellum, S. Durso, Linda Feeley - San Diego Ag. Commissioner's Office
G. Bender - UC Cooperative Extension, San Diego County
W. Roltsch, R. Dowell - CDFA;
G. Witney - CAC

Biology, Management and Resistance Monitoring of Avocado Thrips and Persea Mite
Joseph Morse, A. Urena, E. Humeres, L. Robinson, P. Flores, P. Watkins -Department of Entomology, UCR

Evaluation of Systemic Chemicals for Avocado Thrips & Avocado Lace Bug Management
Joseph Morse, F. Byrne, N. Toscano - Department of Entomology, UCR
A. Urena, E. Humeres, L. Robinson - UCR

Results of Field Surveys for Neohydatothrips burungae in California
Mark Hoddle - Department of Entomology, UCR

B. BREEDING AND GENETICS
Assessing the Genetic Determination of Valuable Avocado Traits Using Microsatellite (SSR) Markers & Quantitative Trait Locus (QTL) Analysis
Michael T. Clegg - Department of Ecology and Evolution, UC Irvine H. Chen - UCR, and V. Ashworth - UC Irvine

Screening and Evaluation of New Rootstocks with Resistance to Phytophthora cinnamomi
Greg W. Douhan - Department of Plant Pathology, UCR
B. McKee, E. Pond, M. Crowley, M.L. Arpaia - UCR
G. Bender, B. Faber, P. Mauk - UCCE San Diego, Ventura, Santa Barbara and Riverside Counties; M. Clegg - UC Irvine

Enhancement of Avocado Productivity. Plant Improvement:
Selection and Evaluation of Improved Varieties and Rootstocks
Mary Lu Arpaia - Dept. Of Botany and Plant Sciences, UCR and Kearney Ag Center, Parlier, CA
D. Stottlemyer, E. Focht, M. Crowley, L. Bates, W. Manor, K. Fjeld, J. Sievert, B. Faber and On-Farm Cooperators

Use of Simple Sequence Repeats (SSRs) to Determine Incidence and Effectiveness of Self-and Cross-Pollinated Fruit in Southern California
Tom Davenport, Z. Ying, T. Zhang - University of Florida, Tropical Research and Education Center, Homestead, FL
Raymond Schnell, C. Olano - USDA/ARS, National Germplasm Repository for Tropical/Subtropical Fruit Crops, Miami, FL

C. MANAGEMENT & PHYSIOLOGY
PGR Strategies to Increase Yield of Hass Avocado
Carol J. Lovatt - Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, UCR

Eliminating Alternate Bearing of the Hass Avocado
Carol J. Lovatt - Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, UCR

Avocado Tree Physiology - Understanding the Basis of Productivity
Robert Heath, M. L. Arpaia - Dept. of Botany and Plant Sciences, UCR;
M. V. Mickelbart - Plant Sciences Group, Lincoln University, Canterbury, NZ
(currently in Dept. of Horticulture & Landscape Architecture, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN)

D. POSTHARVEST
Avocado Postharvest Quality
Mary Lu Arpaia - Dept of Botany and Plant Sciences, UCR and Kearney Ag. Center, Parlier, CA.
C. Requejo, A. Woolf, Anne White - Quality Systems, HortResearch, Mt. Albert Research Center, Auckland, NZ
J. F. Thompson, D. S. Slaughter - Dept. of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, UC Davis
V. Tokar, Consultant; J. DeLyser California Avocado Commission
J. Sievert, S. Collin, K. Fjeld, M. Toyota, D. Stottlemyer, E. Focht - UCR and Farm Collaborators