Several socio-economic problems have been hidden by the COVID-19 pandemic crisis.
Particularly, the agricultural and food industrial sectors have been harshly affected by this …

Olive (Olea europaea L.) is one of the oldest agricultural tree crops worldwide and is an
important source of oil with beneficial properties for human health. This emblematic tree crop …

Anthracnose (Colletotrichum spp.) is an important disease causing major yield losses and
poor oil quality in olives. The objectives were to determine the diversity and distribution …

Thirty Portuguese and eight foreign olive (Olea europaea L.) cultivars were screened using
Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) and Inter-Simple Sequence Repeat (ISSR) …

The certification of olive oil has led to the definition of Protected Denomination of Origin
(PDO) producing regions in European countries. PDO products should be protected, and a …

Adulteration of virgin olive oil with less expensive oils is a serious problem for the public and
quality control evaluators of olive oil. That is why olive oil authenticity has become a major …

The olive (Olea europaea L.), grown on over 8 million hectares, is the second most important
oil fruit tree crop worldwide after oil palm and its cultivation is traditionally concentrated in …

The suitability of DNA markers in providing unequivocal identifiers for authentication and
traceability of food has been a subject of an increasing number of reports. Even in complex …

In recent years, an increasing number of typicality marks has been awarded to high‐quality
olive oils produced from local cultivars. In this case, quality control requires effective varietal …

Collina di Brindisi is an Italian extra virgin olive oil that obtained the mark of protected
designation of origin (PDO) according to EC Regulation 2081/92. The varietal requirements …