South African Avocado Growers’ Association

1991 Yearbook

Volume 14

Table of Contents

 

5.       Preface
J M Kotzé

6.       Suppressive soils and biological control of Phytophthora root rot
J A Duvenhage, J M Kotzé and Erna M C Maas

12.     Observations in an avocado orchard where chemical control of Phytophthora cinnamomi was discontinued for two years
J S Köhne and B Kirkman

13.     The influence of calcium on saprophytic growth and pathogenicity of Phytophthora cinnamomi and on resistance of avocado to root rot
J A Duvenhage and J M Kotzé

15.     Yield potential of intensively managed avocados in the Natal midlands — the early bearing years
B N Wolstenholme, C Kaiser and P Palmer

19.     Bepaling van die korrekte blaarmonster en tyd van monsterneming van Fuerte avokado's vir bemestingsadviesdoeleindes
T J Koen and S F du Plessis

22.     Yield and fruit quality of avocado cv Fuerte as influenced by paclobutrazol foliar applications
Sylvie Kremer- Köhne, J S Köhne and B Kirkman

24.     Maturity effects on avocado postharvest physiology in fruits produced under cool environmental conditions
J G M Cutting and B N Wolstenholme

27.     Preliminary results on the influence of late hanging of Hass avocados (Persea americana Mill) on tree performance
A D N Graham and B N Wolstenholme

38.     Increasing Hass fruit size
J S Köhne and J M Schutte

39.     Performance of Hass on three clonal rootstocks
J S Köhne

40.     Verband van vrugkwaliteit met klimaat- en grondfaktore
J J Bezuidenhout and L L Vorster

42.     Avocado high density planting — a progress report
J S Köhne and Sylvie Kremer- Köhne

44.     The principles of temperature management — commercial results
L L Vorster, J J Bezuidenhout and J C Toerien

47.     Avokadovruggehalte op die oorsese mark: vergelyking tussen 1990 en 1989
J J Bezuidenhout

50.     Effect of modified atmospheres on internal physiological browning of Fuerte avocados
A B Truter, J G M Cutting, J P Bower and Sandra J van Eeden

53.     1990 Temperature survey of export avocados
G J Eksteen and B Henning

56.     Progress report — Difference in fruit ripening and quality from trees with different yield
J G M Cutting and L L Vorster

57.     Biological control of avocado postharvest diseases
Lise Korsten, E E de Villiers, E S de Jager, N Cook and J M Kotzé

60.     Verwydering van roetvlek vanaf avokadovrugte
J J Bezuidenhout

61.     Control of preharvest fruit diseases of avocado. Part I: Efficacy of various Triazole fungicides against Cercospora spot and Sooty blotch
J H Lonsdale

63.     Control of preharvest fruit diseases of avocado. Part II: A preliminary report on the effects of spray timing on the incidence of Cercospora spot on avocados in the Burgershall area
J H Lonsdale and M P Scott

67.     Deficiency symptoms in avocados
R O Barnard, G E B Cillié and J M Kotzé

72.     Investigation of the occurrence of viruses and virus-associated nucleic acids in avocado
Glynnis Cook and L H Nel

74.     Parasitoids of the heart-shaped scale, Protopulvinaria pyriformis (Cockerell) (Hemipthera: Coccidae) on avocados in South Africa
W J du Toit, Marinda S Schutte and W P Steyn

79.     A packhouse survey of insect damage to avocados in the Nelspruit/Hazyview area during 1990
G B Dennill and M J Erasmus

83.     The influence of Solubor leaf spray on fruit production in avocado
P J Robbertse, A Coetzer and F Bessinger

85.     Phomopsis perseae the cause of trunk canker of Martin Grande avocado rootstocks in South Africa
M de V van der Merwe and J M Kotzé

87.     Evaluasie van avokado-onderstamme — voorlopige verslag
T Botha

89.     Progress report — Inorganic fertilisation of potted avocado plants: results of pot experiments
R O Barnard

91.     Factors important for optimal irrigation scheduling of avocado orchards
S F du Plessis

94.     The avocado industry in Michoacan, Mexico
J L Aguilera-Montanez and S Salazar-Garcia

98.     Vooroeshantering van avokado's
Produksiespan, Westfalia