2007 ANNUAL REVIEW OF CALIFORNIA AVOCADO RESEARCH

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 2006-07

Names for the Art Schroeder Memorial Award are being accepted. Please submit nominations to Guy Witney at gwitney@avocado.org

 

A. PESTS
Neohydatothrips burungae (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) Phenology & Survey
Mark Hoddle - Department of Entomology, UCR
T. Roberts - Integrated Consulting Entomology; D. Machlitt - Consulting Entomology Services; R. Shade, F. Alegria, N. Peterson (Calavo); S. Scarbrough � (Mission Produce); G. Bender (San Diego County UCCE)

Biology and Management of Avocado Lace Bug (Pseudacysta persea)
Mark Hoddle, Joseph Morse, Richard Stouthamer - Department of Entomology, UCR
E. Humeres, F. Byrne, N. Toscano, S. Triapitsyn (UCR); D. Kellum, Ha Dang, Linda Feeley (San Diego County Ag Commissioner's Office); G. Bender (San Diego County UCCE); W. Roltsch, R. Dowell (CDFA); G. Witney (CAC)

Evaluation of Systemic Chemicals for Avocado Thrips & Avocado Lace Bug Management
Joseph Morse, Frank Byrne, Nick Toscano, Robert Krieger - Department of Entomology, UCR
E. Humeres (UCR); B. Drake (Drake Enterprises); J. Doccola, R. Davis, Peter Wild (Arborjet, Inc.); M.L. Arpaia (UCR)

Management, and Resistance Monitoring of Avocado Thrips and Persea Mite
Joseph Morse - Department of Entomology, UCR
Alan Urena, Lindsay Robinson, Pamela Watkins (Technical Assistance UCR); Frank Byrne, Nick Toscano (Collaborative Research UCR); Grower and Pest Control Advisor Collaborators

B. BREEDING AND GENETICS
Enhancement of Avocado Productivity. Plant Improvement: Selection and Evaluation of Improved Varieties and Rootstocks
Mary Lu Arpaia - Dept. Of Botany and Plant Sciences, UCR
E. Focht, M. Crowley, L. Bates, W. Manor (UCR); UC South Coast REC Avocado Volunteers; M. Clegg (UC Irvine); B. Faber (Ventura County UCCE); 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, H. Chen (UC Irvine); M. L. Arpaia (UCR)

Screening and Evaluation of New Rootstocks with Resistance to Phytophthora cinnamomi
Greg W. Douhan - Department of Plant Pathology, UCR
B. McKee, E. Pond, M. L. Arpaia ( UCR); G. Bender (San Diego County UCCE); B. Faber (Ventura County UCCE)

Use of Simple Sequence Repeats (SSRs) to Determine Incidence and Effectiveness of Self-and Cross-Pollinated Fruit in Southern California (Final 2005-06)
Tom Davenport, Z. Ying, T. Zhang - University of Florida, IFAS, Tropical Research and Education Center, Homestead, FL
Raymond Schnell, C. Olano - USDA/ARS, National Germplasm Repository for Tropical/Subtropical Fruit Crops, Miami, FL

2007 Final Report Provided to BARD Project No. US-3345-02R
Tom Davenport - University of Florida, IFAS, Tropical Research and Education Center, Homestead, FL

C. CULTURAL MANAGEMENT & PHYSIOLOGY
Assimilation Productivity from Canopy to Fruit as Determined by Avocado Tree Physiology
Robert Heath and Mary Lu Arpaia - Dept. of Botany and Plant Sciences, UCR
M. V. Mickelbart - Department of Horticulture & Landscape Architecture, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

Eliminating Alternate Bearing of the Hass Avocado
Carol J. Lovatt - Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, UCR
J. Ruiz (Irvine Co.)

Plant Growth Regulator (PGR) Strategies to Increase Size of Hass Avocado
Carol J. Lovatt - Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, UCR
G. Gunderson (Limoneira Co.)

Plant Growth Regulator (PGR) Strategies to Increase Yield of Hass Avocado
Carol Lovatt - Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, UCR
J. Ruiz (Irvine Co.); G. Gunderson (Limoneira Co.)

D. POSTHARVEST
Avocado Postharvest Quality
Mary Lu Arpaia - Dept of Botany and Plant Sciences, UCR
R. Feng (HortResearch, NZ); K. Fjeld (UCR); D. Slaughter (UC Davis); J. Sievert (UCR); J. Thompson (UC Davis);
Anne White (HortResearch, NZ) ; A. Woolf (HortResearch, NZ)