South African Avocado Growers’ Association
1984 Yearbook
Volume 7
Table of Contents
6. Opening address —
SAAGA Research Symposium 1983
P D Williams
7. Marketing comments
from London avocado season 1983
R R Shelton
8. Comments on the South
African Avocado Industry
Don Gustafson
10. Avocado cultivars
W M Wood
15. Post-harvest problems
of Avocado — Lets talk the same language
D H Swarts
20. The extension of
storage life of avocados by means of modified atmosphere storage control
L Ginsburg
23. Plant improvement
scheme — long-term planning
C J Partridge
24. Sunblotch indexing for
the plant improvement scheme
J M Moll, K M Hussey and S P Van Vuuren
25. The role of tissue
culture in the avocado plant improvement scheme
Dorothea D Nel and J M Kotzé
27. Root rot control
strategy
J N Moll
NAVORSING — RESEARCH
29. The research scene of
1983/84
J M Kotzé
31. Improved shelf life of
avocado fruits
Y Aharoni
35. Identifisering en
intensiteit van uitskot faktore voor verpakking gedurende die 1983-seisoen
J H E Smith
36. Storage temperature
studies
J H E Smith
38. The influence of
modified — atmosphere storage on the quality of Fuerte avocado fruit
M J Slabbert and G J Veldman
41. The effect of rate of
cooling on avocado fruit quality
M J Slabbert and J C Toerien
44. Inwendige
kwaliteitsanalise van kommersiéle avokadokultivars deurlopend gedurende die
1983-seisoen
J H E Smith
45. Shrink wrap materials
as post-harvest treatment
B J Durand
47. Progress report: The
effect of storage on respiration, mitochondrial and lipoxygenase activity of
Fuerte avocado fruits
E Nel, J G C Small and F C Botha
55. Effect of fruit water
stress and irrigation regime in the ripening of stored avocado fruit, cultivar
Fuerte
J P Bower
57.
The control of post-harvest avocado diseases with prochloraz
J M Darvas
59. Avokado-oliebepalings
J H E Smith
63. Uit- en inwendige
kwaliteitsanalise van uitvoervrugte onder nagebootste toestande deurlopend
gedurende die 1982-seisoen
Jh E Smith
67. Summary of a report on
an investigation into physiological disorders of avocados
L J Van Lelyveld
69. The economics of
avocado production in the Tzaneen area
J C Toerien, N Meyer and D L Milne
72. Avocado sunblotch
indexing
J V Da Graca
73. Progress report:
Bacterial canker of avocado
L Korsten and J M Kotzé
75. Efficacy of fungicide
applications for the control of Phytophthora cinnamomi root rot
on avocado seedlings in the glasshouse
C P Snyman and J M Kotzé
77. Failure to control Phytophthora
cinnamomi and Pythium splendens with metalaxyl after
its prolonged use
J M Darvas and O Becker
79. Zinc supplemented to
avocado trees in conjunction with root rot control injections
J M Darvas
80. Patnogenicity of
avocado root rot fungi to Edranol seedlings and Duke 7 rooted cuttings
A J Snyman, C P Snyman and J M Kotzé
82. The evaluation of new
application methods of fungicides for the control of avocado root rot in field
experiments
C P Snyman and J M Kotzé
84. The long-term
implications of the use of Ridomil 5G for the control of avocado root rot in
South Africa
D Mckenzie
89. Loss of control of
avocado root rot by metalaxyl
C P Snyman
91. The effect of calcium
on avocado root growth and avocado root rot caused by Phytophthora cinnamomi
C P Snyman
93. Progress report:
Radio-immunoassays for plant growth substances in avocado
J G Cutting, A W Lishman, P J Hofman and B N Wolstenholme
96. Phosphorus nutrition of
Avocados through trunk injection — A preliminary report
J C Toerien and M J Slabbert