Planting systems for modern olive growing: Strengths and weaknesses

R Lo Bianco, P Proietti, L Regni, T Caruso - Agriculture, 2021 - mdpi.com
The objective of fully mechanizing olive harvesting has been pursued since the 1970s to
cope with labor shortages and increasing production costs. Only in the last twenty years …

Cultivar ideotype for intensive olive orchards: plant vigor, biomass partitioning, tree architecture and fruiting characteristics

A Rosati, A Paoletti, EM Lodolini… - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2024 - frontiersin.org
In order to achieve higher and earlier yield, modern olive orchards are increasingly
intensified, with tree densities up to> 1500 trees hectare-1. With increasing tree densities …

Cultivar and tree density as key factors in the long-term performance of super high-density olive orchards

CM Díez, J Moral, D Cabello, P Morello… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Super high-density (SHD) olive orchards are rapidly expanding since the first plantation was
set up in Spain in the 1990s. Because there are no long-term studies characterizing these …

From olive fruits to olive oil: phenolic compound transfer in six different olive cultivars grown under the same agronomical conditions

N Talhaoui, AM Gómez-Caravaca, L León… - International journal of …, 2016 - mdpi.com
Phenolic compounds are responsible of the nutritional and sensory quality of extra-virgin
olive oil (EVOO). The composition of phenolic compounds in EVOO is related to the initial …

Lecciana, a new low-vigour olive cultivar suitable for super high density orchards and for nutraceutical EVOO production

S Camposeo, GA Vivaldi, C Montemurro, V Fanelli… - Agronomy, 2021 - mdpi.com
Cultivar is the key factor for sustainability of the olive super high density planting system
(SHD).'Lecciana'is a new olive cultivar for oil production obtained in 1998 by a controlled …

Characterization of Olive Fruit Damage Induced by Invasive Halyomorpha halys

E Daher, E Chierici, S Urbani, N Cinosi, G Rondoni… - Insects, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys (Stål), is a highly
polyphagous invasive species in Europe. This species can puncture fruits, causing fruit …

Olive oil characteristics of eleven cultivars produced in a high-density grove in Valladolid province (Spain)

N Rodrigues, S Casal, T Pinho, R Cruz… - … Food Research and …, 2021 - Springer
The olive oil composition of eleven cultivars (cvs. Arbequina, Arbosana, Arroniz, Cornicabra,
Frantoio, Hojiblanca, Manzanilla, Picual, Picudo, Redondilla and Royuela) cultivated in a …

Can the productivity of mango orchards be increased by using high-density plantings?

CM Menzel, MD Le Lagadec - Scientia Horticulturae, 2017 - Elsevier
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 …

Olive biology

HF Rapoport, A Fabbri, L Sebastiani - The olive tree genome, 2016 - Springer
The olive is a medium-sized evergreen tree, which integrates a unique set of morphological
and developmental characteristics suited to the relatively dry, rustic conditions of its …

Cultivar discrimination, fatty acid profile and carotenoid characterization of monovarietal olive oils by Raman spectroscopy at a single glance

S Portarena, C Anselmi, C Zadra, D Farinelli, F Famiani… - Food Control, 2019 - Elsevier
Monovarietal extra virgin olive oils (EVOOs) from Olea europea trees grown in the same
experimental orchard have been characterized by Raman spectroscopy combined with …