2006 Avocado Research Symposium
Proceedings of California Avocado Research Symposium 2006
November 4, 2006
University of California, Riverside
Riverside, California
SPONSORED BY THE CALIFORNIA AVOCADO COMMISSION
Edited by: Guy Witney
Director of Industry Affairs
California Avocado Commission
38 Discovery, Suite 150, Irvine, California 92618
gwitney@avocado.org
California Avocado Commission Production Research Committee
Our Mission: To provide California Avocado Growers a means to achieve optimum profitability, now and in the future, through focused research, global collaboration, and effective communication of results.
Subcommittees 2005-06
Joseph Morse receives the Art Schroeder Memorial Award
Table of Contents:
A. PESTS
Biology and Management of Avocado Lace Bug (ALB) in California
Mark Hoddle, Joseph Morse, Richard Stouthamer, Eduardo Humeres, Frank Byrne, Nick Toscano, Serguei Triapitsyn - UCR
David Kellum, Ha Dang, Linda Feeley - San Diego Co. Ag. Commissioner's Office
Gary Bender - UC Cooperative Extension, San Diego County
William Roltsch, Robert Dowell - CDFA
Guy Witney - CAC
Neohydatothrips burungae (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) Phenology & Survey
Mark Hoddle - Department of Entomology, UCR
Tom Roberts - Integrated Consulting Entomology; David Machlitt - Consulting Entomology Services; Rick Shade, Frank Alegria, Nile Peterson - Calavo
Scott Scarbrough - Mission Produce
Gary Bender - UC Cooperative Extension, San Diego County
Biology, Management, and Resistance Monitoring of Avocado Thrips and Persea Mite
Joseph Morse, Anthony Urena and Lindsay Robinson - UCR
Evaluation of Systemic Chemicals for Avocado Thrips & Avocado Lace Bug Management
Joseph Morse, Frank Byrne, Nick Toscano, Alan Urena, Eduardo Humeres, Lindsay Robinson, Mary Lu Arpaia, Loretta Bates - UCR
Steve Peirce - Avocado Marketing Services; Len Francis - LF Grove Management
B. BREEDING AND GENETICS
Enhancement of Avocado Productivity. Plant Improvement Selection and Evaluation of Improved Varieties and Rootstocks
M. L. Arpaia - Dept. Of Botany and Plant Sciences, UCR and Kearney Ag Center, Parlier, CA
E. Focht, M. Crowley, L. Bates, W. Manor, K. Fjeld, J. Sievert, UC South Coast Avocado Volunteers, G. Douhan, D. Crowley, M. Clegg
B. Faber and On-Farm Cooperators
Assessing the Genetic Determination of Valuable Avocado Traits Using Microsatellite (SSR) Markers & Quantitative Trait Locus (QTL) Analysis
Michael T. Clegg - Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, UC Irvine
V. Ashworth - UC Irvine; H. Chen, S. Xu - UCR
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
Screening and Evaluation of New Rootstocks with Resistance to Phytophthora cinnamomi
Greg W. Douhan - Department of Plant Pathology, UCR
B. McKee, E. Pond - UCR
C. CULTURAL MANAGEMENT & PHYSIOLOGY
Rootstock Screening and Salinity Management in Avocado
David Crowley, Mary Lu Arpaia - Department of Environmental Sciences and 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 - Department of Horticulture & Landscape Architecture,
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Plant Growth Regulator (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
D. POSTHARVEST
Avocado Postharvest Quality
Mary Lu Arpaia - Dept of Botany and Plant Sciences, UCR and Kearney Ag.
Center, Parlier, CA.
C. Requejo-Jackman, A. Woolf, Anne White - Quality Systems, HortResearch, Mt.
Mt. Albert Research Centre, Auckland, NZ
J. F. Thompson, D. S. Slaughter - Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, UC Davis
V. Tokar, Consultant; J. Sievert, S. Collin, K. Fjeld, M. Toyota - UCR and Farm Collaborators
Poster Presentations from the 2006 California Avocado Research Symposium
M. Hoddle, J. Morse, R. Stouthamer, E. Humeres, F. Byrne, N. Toscano, and S. Triapitsyn - Progress in Management of Avocado Lace Bug (ALB) (pdf)
J. Morse, A. Urena, and L. Robinson - Biology, Management, and Resistance Monitoring of Avocado Thrips and Persea Mite (pdf)
J. Morse, F. Byrne, N. Toscano, A. Urena, E. Humeres, L. Robinson, M. Arpaia, L. Bates, S. Peirce, and L. Francis - Evaluation of Systemic Chemicals for Avocado Thrips & Avocado Lace Bug Management (pdf)
M. Arpaia, E. Focht, M. Crowley, L. Bates, W. Manor, K. Fjeld, J. Siever, G. Douhan, D. Crowley, M. Clegg, and B. Faber - Enhancement of Avocado Productivity: Plant Improvement Selection and Evaluation of Improved Varieties and Rootstocks (pdf)
M. Clegg, V. Ashworth, H. Chen, and S. Xu - Assessing the Genetic Determination of Valuable Avocado Traits Using Microsatellite (SSR) Markers & Quantitative Trait Locus (QTL) Analysis (pdf)
T. Davenport, Z. Ying, T. Zhang, R. Schnell, and C. Olano - Use of Simple Sequence Repeats (SSRs) to Determine Incidence and Effectiveness of Self-and Cross-Pollinated Fruit in Southern California (pdf)
T. Davenport, Z. Ying, and T. Zhang - Pollen Transfer in Two Hass Orchards is Mediated by Wind (pdf)
G. Douhan, B. McKee, and E. Pond - Screening and Evaluation of New Rootstocks with Resistance to Phytophthora cinnamomi (pdf)
D. Crowley and M. Arpaia - Rootstock Screening and Salinity Management in Avocado (pdf)
R. Heath, M. Arpaia, C. Fassio, R. Miller, and M. Mickelbart - Midday Depression of Stomatal Conductance in Avocado Leaves (pdf)
C. Lovatt - Plant Growth Regulator (PGR) Strategies to Increase Yield of Hass Avocado (pdf)
C. Lovatt - Eliminating Alternate Bearing of the Hass Avocado (pdf)
M. Arpaia, C. Requejo-Jackman, A. Woolf, A. White, J. F. Thompson, D. S. Slaughter, V. Tokar, J. Sievert, S. Collin, K. Fjeld, and M. Toyota - Avocado Postharvest Quality (pdf)
M. Arpaia, C. Requejo-Jackman, J. Sievert, A. Woolf, and A. White - Avocado Oil Research in the Pacific Rim - A collaborative study to examine avocado oil in California varieties (pdf)
R. Hofshi - Using Avocadosource as a Resource to Avocado Information from Around the Industry and Around the World. http://www.avocadosource.com (pdf)