How to manage Anthracnose in Avocado orchards in India?
The fruit I am holding in my hand is a Pinkerton affected by Anthracnose. This is a picture from my last year’s harvest. Pink spores appeared after the ripening. It was hard to tell what the problem was when the fruit was unripe. Anthracnose is caused by Colletotrichum gloeosporioides or Colletotrichum acutatum (Schaffer, Wolstenholme, & […]
How to achieve 5:3:5 ratio of NPK fertilizer for Avocado farming in India?
I have made an attempt in this blog post to get you started with water soluble NPK application. Available NPK in soil is different for each avocado farm in India. Different soil types have different requirements and one size does not fit all. But due to the non-existent research on avocado fertigation in India, we […]
Commercial avocado rootstocks suitable for India
Contents Dganya 117-Seedling Dganya 189-Seedling Ashdot 17-Seedling Fairchild-Seedling Tziffrin 99-Seedling Zutano-Seedling Day-Seedling Duke 7-Clonal Dusa-Clonal Bounty-Clonal Rootstocks Avocado rootstocks were thoroughly reviewed by BenYa’acov and Michelson (1995). The major attributes sought in avocado rootstocks are resistance to Phytophthora cinnamomi, salinity tolerance, adaptability to calcareous soils, smaller trees, and high sustainable yields of quality fruit (Whiley, […]
Commercial Avocado Varieties suitable for India
Contents Pinkerton Ettinger Reed Hass Lamb Hass Lavi Iriet GEM Maluma AradZutano Pinkerton A Guatemalan hybrid which originated about 1959 as a ‘Rincon’ seedling on the property of John W. Pinkerton in Ventura, California and thought to be a ‘Rincon’ × ‘Hass’ hybrid; patented in 1975. (J.H. Crane et al.2002) Characteristics of the tree Characteristics […]
Why Indian govt is responsible for expensive avocado plants in India?
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