Since the beginning of the 21st century, there has been an increase in the agricultural area
devoted to olive growing and in the consumption of extra virgin olive oil (EVOO). The …

Background Tree pruning is a costly practice with important implications for crop harvest and
nutrition, pest and disease control, soil protection and irrigation strategies. Investigations on …

Mango (Mangifera indica) trees are traditionally established at about 100–200 trees per ha
and eventually grow into large specimens 10 m tall or more, making spraying and harvesting …

Phytophthora root rot (PRR) infects the roots of avocado trees, resulting in reduced uptake of
water and nutrients, canopy decline, defoliation, and, eventually, tree mortality. Typically, the …

Continuous canopy status monitoring is an essential factor to support and precisely apply
orchard management actions such as pruning, pesticide and foliar treatment applications, or …

Olive has a notable importance in countries of Mediterranean basin and its profitability
depends on several factors such as actual yield, production cost or product price. Actual “on …

Olive tree cultivation is currently a dominant agriculture activity in the Mediterranean basin,
where the increasing impact of climate change coupled with the inefficient management of …

One of the challenges in orchard management, in particular of hedgerow tree plantations, is
the delineation of management zones on the bases of high-precision data. Along this line …

The leaf phenotypic traits of plants have a significant impact on the efficiency of canopy
photosynthesis. However, traditional methods such as destructive sampling will hinder the …

Unlike olive orchards intended for olive oil, the production of table olives in narrow
hedgerows is very recent and the information available about this cropping system is yet …