1996 AVOCADO RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM

California Avocado Society and University of California, Riverside

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Avocado Clonal Rootstock Production Trial Progress Report
   M. L. Arpaia
   
   

7. Development of a Phenological Model for California 'Hass' Avocado
   M. L. Arpaia
   
   

13. Irrigation and Fertilization Management of Avocado
    M. L. Arpaia
    
    

17. Outcrossing in Avocado: Is There a Relationship to Fruit Yield
    M. Clegg
    
    

23. Soil Factors Associated with Zinc Deficiency in Avocado
    D. Crowley
    
    

33. Irrigation Management of Avocado in a California Coastal Environment
    B. Faber
    
    

35. Avocado Rootstock Development by Somatic Hybridization and Genetic Engineering
    R. Litz
    
    

39. Determinate versus Indeterminate Inflorescences of the 'Hass' Avocado
    C. Lovatt
    
    

45. Effect of Gibberellic Acid on Inflorescense Phenology of the 'Hass' Avocado (Persea Americana Mill.)
    C. Lovatt
    
    

51. Efficacy Studies on Prebloom Canopy Applications of Boron and/or Urea to 'Hass' Avocados in California
    C. Lovatt
    
    

55. Nitrogen Nutrition of the 'Hass' Avocado: Where Does All the N Go?
    C. Lovatt
    
    

63. Uptake of PGRs Into Determinate versus Indeterminate Inflorescenses of the 'Hass' Avocado (Persea Americana Mill.)
    C. Lovatt
    
    

67. Biocontrol of Phytophthora Root Rot of Avocado
    J. Menge
    
    

71. Screening and Evaluation of New Rootstocks with Resistance to Phytophthora cinnamomi
    J. Menge
    
    

75. Integrated Control of Avocado Diseases
    H. Ohr
    
    

79. Avocado Pollination in California Growing Conditions
    K. Visscher
    
    

81. Avocado Breeding
    G. Witney