Salinity Management 2011 End-of-Year Report
Avocado yields are decreased by chloride toxicity and soil salinity throughout California orchards but there is little information on the extent to which different rootstocks can be used to improve tree performance under saline conditions. This research has been aimed at the development of a production function model that can be used to predict the impacts of irrigation water chloride content and salinity (EC) on avocado yields.
Salinity-Chloride Interactions Effects on Yield
Avocado yields are decreased by chloride toxicity and soil salinity throughout California avocado orchards but there is little information on the extent to which different rootstocks can be used to improve tree performance under saline conditions. This research is aimed at the development of a production function model that can be used to predict the impacts of irrigation water chloride content and salinity (EC) on avocado yields.
Avocado Tree Physiology – Understanding the Basis of Productivity
A grower’s profit margin is the difference between the input costs to produce a marketable crop and the gross amount of money realized from the sale of the “output”, or the production itself. Anything that affects one or both of these can make the difference between profit and loss. The management of the avocado tree under southern California conditions, which can experience rapid changes in temperature and relative humidity, provides a challenge under the best of conditions.
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