South African Avocado Growers’ Association

2010 Yearbook

Volume 33

 

Table of Contents

 

 

7          Quality challenges facing the South African avocado industry – An overview of the 2009 South African avocado season
RM Nelson

 

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