South African Avocado Growers’ Association
2010 Yearbook
Volume 33
Table of Contents
POSTHARVEST TECHNOLOGY
14 Effect of cold chain breaks on the
ripening and quality of ‘Hass’ avocados
D Lemmer and FJ Kruger
27 Semi-commercial trials to
determine the risk of shipping South African ‘Hass’ at 1oC
Z van Rooyen and J Bezuidenhout
33 Low temperature shipping and cold
chain management of ‘Hass’ avocados: An opportunity to reduce shipping costs
RD Kok, JP Bower and I Bertling
39
Low temperature
shipping and cold chain management of ‘Fuerte’ avocados: An opportunity to
reduce shipping costs
A Lütge, JP Bower and I Bertling
44
Silicon application
effects on ‘Hass’ avocado fruit physiology
K Kaluwa, I Bertling, JP Bower and SZ Tesfay
48
The effect of gamma
irradiation on the internal and external quality of avocados
N du Rand, Z van Rooyen and J de Graaf
53
Development of a more
effective post-harvest treatment for the control of post-harvest diseases of
avocado fruit
ZS Mavuso and JM van Niekerk
56
Post-harvest avocado
physiology
RJ Blakey, JP Bower and I Bertling
ENTOMOLOGY
61
Integrated control of
the coconut bug Pseudotheraptus wayi (Hemiptera: Coreidae) on avocado in South
Africa
Schalk Schoeman, Tertia Grove, Marinda de Beer, Ben Botha and Rachel Mohlala
66
Defining economical
action levels for avocado bugs (Miridae) and the use of areawide IPM to warn
growers of possible outbreaks
AJ Alberts
PATHOLOGY
70
Evaluation of
fungicides for Pseudocercospora control – final report
BQ Manicom and MH Schoeman