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Art Schroeder Memorial Award

A.  BREEDING AND GENETICS

Screening and Evaluation of New Rootstocks with Resistance to Phytophthora cinnamomi
John A. Menge, B. Mckee, E. Pond, G. Bender, M. L. Arpaia, B. Faber, M. Crowley, M. Clegg, T. Chao, P. Mauk
Department of Plant Pathology, UC Riverside, CA

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Enhancement of Avocado Productivity.  Plant Improvement:  Selection and Evaluation of Improved Varieties and Rootstocks
Mary Lu Arpaia, D. Stottlemyer, L. Bates, W. Manor, K. Fjeld, J. Sievert, E. Focht, UC South Coast Avocado Volunteers, J. Menge, D. Crowley, M. Clegg, B. Faber and on-farm cooperators
Department of Botany & Plant Sciences, UC Riverside, CA

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Application of Molecular Markers to Avocado Improvement
Michael T. Clegg, Haofeng Chen, Vanessa Ashworth
Department of Botany & Plant Sciences, UC Riverside, CA

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

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B. DISEASES

Biocontrol of Phytophthora Root Rot of Avocado 2004
John A. Menge, D. Crowley, M. Crowley, E. Pond, J. Borneman, B. Mckee, B. Faber, G. Bender, P. Mauk, J. Downer, P. Clark, V. McDonald, B. Tombe
Department of Plant Pathology, UC Riverside, CA

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C. PESTS

Biology and Chemical Control of Avocado Thrips; Pesticide Resistance Monitoring with Avocado Thrips and Persea Mite
Joseph Morse, F. Byrne,  E. Humeres, N. Toscano, A. Urena, L. Robinson,

P. Watkins, A. Flores, D. Anderson, M. Hoddle
Department of Entomology, UC Riverside, CA
E. Oevering, P. Phillips, B. Faber
UC Cooperative Extension, Ventura County, CA

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Biology and Management of Avocado Thrips (Scirtothrips Persea Nakahara)
Phil Phillips, B. Faber, P. Oevering, M. Yamamoto, H. Johnston
UC Cooperative Extension, Ventura County,  CA

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Dynamic Benefits of Invasive Pest Control in California Avocado Production
Karen M. Jetter
Agricultural Issues Center, UC Davis, CA
M. Hoddle
Department of Entomology, UC Riverside, CA

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D.      PHYSIOLOGY

Avocado Tree Physiology - Understanding the Basis of Productivity
Robert L. Heath, Mary Lu Arpaia and M. V. Mickelbart*
Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, UC Riverside, CA
*(MVM) Soil, Plant and Ecological Sciences Division, Canterbury, New Zealand

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Eliminating Alternate Bearing of the ‘Hass’ Avocado
Carol J. Lovatt
Department of Botany & Plant Sciences, UC Riverside, CA

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Use of Plant Growth Regulators to Increase Fruit Set, Fruit Size and Yield and to Manipulate Vegetative and Floral Shoot Growth
Carol J. Lovatt
Department of Botany & Plant Sciences, UC Riverside, CA

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Salinity Tolerance in Avocado
David Crowley, W. Smith, G. Bender, M. L. Arpaia
Department of Environmental Sciences, UC Riverside, CA

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E.       POSTHARVEST

Avocado Postharvest Quality
Mary Lu Arpaia, J. Sievert, S. Collin, K. Fjeld and D. Stottlemyer
Department of Botany & Plant Sciences, UC Riverside, CA
Allan Woolf, A. White, C. Requejo and R. Jackman
HortResearch, Auckland, New Zealand

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