More than a hundred abandoned but presently maintained fruit trees are scattered in the Negev Desert Highlands in Southern Israel. Most of the older groves were planted by Bedouins in pre-existing agricultural systems built in the distant past, mainly during the Byzantine era, mostly during the...

The Lluta Valley, in the northernmost region (18°S.) of Chile, is characterized by highly saline soil (EC = 8-15 mmhos/cm) and irrigation water (EC = 2.15-3.38 mmhos/cm) and high soil and water concentrations of B (30-50 and 8.3-23 p.p.m., respectively). Maize, tomatoes, onions, lucerne and a few...

Olive-growing is very important for many countries, but no much work has been made so far to determine, conserve and study the related olive varietal structures. This paper presents the history and management of the Olive World Germplasm Bank of CIFA "Alameda del Obispo", Córdoba, Spain, started to ...

Juvenile period has been considered as a major drawback in olive breeding. One strategy to reduce its effect is to eliminate those genotypes with long juvenile period, as a high variability for this character has been found in olive progenies. Selection test that could identify, in an early stage,...

Most olive (Olea europaea L.) cultivars are almost completely self-incompatible. The aim of this study was to determine the optimal pollen donor/s for the olive cultivar 'Barnea'. The study was based on artificial cross pollination as well as molecular paternity analysis of 'Barnea' fruits sampled...

These proceedings contain 115 papers that cover topics on: germplasm and genetic improvement; plant propagation and nursery; crop management; plant physiology and biology; plant protection; olive and olive oil technology; economics and marketing.

The weight, flesh/stone ratio and oil yield of 112 cultivars planted in the Olive World Germplasm Bank of CIFA "Alameda del Obispo", Córdoba, Spain in 1987 have been evaluated since 1989/90 to 1996-97. Fruit weight varied from 1 to 10.4 g, with a mean value of 4 g and flesh/stone ratio from 4 to...

Dry matter partitioning of olive cv. Nocellara del Belice trees was assessed in Italy, during one growing season. A total of 4 three-year-old potted trees from rooted cuttings trained to single-trunk free-canopy were destructively harvested at 30-day intervals during the growing season. The average ...

The table olive (Olea europaea L.) is a widely produced olive product. Table olives are still harvested by hand. The low efficiency of hand harvesting and the rise in the costs of labor put this crop in a delicate situation. A selective abscission compound is considered crucial for the adoption of...

The efficiency of an olive breeding program is directly related to the time between crossing and first bearing of the forthcoming seedlings, i.e. the length of the juvenile period. Harvesting the seeds as soon as possible is one of the factors that can contribute to shorten this period, if a high...