Due to its role in intercepting and evaporating water, vegetation is a key medium through
which catchment water yields can be manipulated and may prove to be an important tool …

* We thank Antonio Hall, Bob Loomis, María-Inés Mínguez, Hava Rapoport, David Smith and
four reviewers for comments and suggestions on the manuscript and also Joan Girona …

Olive trees (Olea europaea L.) are commonly grown in the Mediterranean basin where
prolonged droughts may occur during the vegetative period. This species has developed a …

The paper analyzes the performance of Hydrus-2D model to simulate the dynamic of soil
water contents and transpiration fluxes in an olive orchard in which two different irrigation …

We compared the effects of Partial Root-zone Drying (PRD) and Regulated Deficit Irrigation
(RDI) on water relations, vegetative growth and antioxidant enzyme activities in two olive …

While modernization of olive cultivation has recently lead to vast expansion of fully irrigated
orchards, characterization of olive tree nutritional status remains based on knowledge …

Several studies have evaluated many above-ground aspects of olive production, but
essential root system characteristics have been little examined. The objective of our study …

The study was carried out in northTunisia (36.5? N, 10.2? E) in order to get a comprehensive
view of the growth dynamic of young olive orchards (Olea europaea L.,). The experiment …

Two different in-row soil management techniques were compared in the Olive Orchard
Innovation Long-term experiment of the Council for Agricultural Research and Economics …

This book presents a review of the agro-ecological requirements and the limiting factors to
olive production, identifies olive varieties best suited to the harsh environment in the dry …