Olive cultivation in the southern hemisphere: Flowering, water requirements and oil quality responses to new crop environments

M Torres, P Pierantozzi, P Searles… - Frontiers in plant …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Olive (Olea europaea L.) is a crop well adapted to the environmental conditions prevailing in
the Mediterranean Basin. Nevertheless, the increasing international demand for olive oil and …

Responses to temperature of fruit dry weight, oil concentration, and oil fatty acid composition in olive (Olea europaea L. var.'Arauco')

GP García-Inza, DN Castro, AJ Hall… - European Journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Correlative studies in olive using data from different locations or years suggest that
temperature can modulate crop oil yield and oil composition. However, there are no …

High‐density olive plantations

L Rallo, D Barranco, S Castro‐García… - … Reviews Volume 41, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Hand‐harvested traditional plantations with 70–100 trees ha− 1 are being replaced by high‐
density mechanically harvested orchards. Diverse typologies of high‐density orchards are …

Influence of light environment on yield determinants and components in large olive hedgerows following mechanical pruning in the subtropics of the Southern …

SU Cherbiy-Hoffmann, PS Searles, AJ Hall… - Scientia …, 2012 - Elsevier
Olive cultivation has expanded considerably beyond the Mediterranean Basin to include
new areas in the Southern Hemisphere. This study evaluated the response functions of yield …

Influence of experimental warming on the rate and duration of fruit growth and oil accumulation in young olive trees (cvs. Arbequina, Coratina)

A Miserere, PS Searles, MC Rousseaux - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Olive tree cultivation in new warmer areas and climate change have increased the global
interest in understanding how air temperature affects both fruit growth and oil accumulation …

Evaluation of olive flowering at low latitude sites in Argentina using a chilling requirement model

VE Aybar, JP Melo-Abreu, PS Searles… - Spanish Journal of …, 2015 - repositorio.ulisboa.pt
Olive production has expanded significantly from the Mediterranean Basin into the New
World over the last two decades. In some cases, cultivars of European origin have been …

Water productivity and net profit of high-density olive orchards in San Juan, Argentina

FV Serman, F Orgaz, G Starobinsky, F Capraro… - Agricultural Water …, 2021 - Elsevier
Olive cultivation in Argentina has experienced an important expansion based on large-scale
development of high-density (HD) olive orchards. Intensification has led to yield increases …

Responses of several soil and plant indicators to post-harvest regulated deficit irrigation in olive trees and their potential for irrigation scheduling

LMA Alcaras, MC Rousseaux, PS Searles - Agricultural Water Management, 2016 - Elsevier
The response of olive trees to deficit irrigation during post-harvest has been little evaluated
because low rainfall often precludes the need to irrigate at this phenological stage in the …

Dynamics of shoot and fruit growth following fruit thinning in olive trees: Same season and subsequent season responses

FJ Fernández, JL Ladux, PS Searles - Scientia Horticulturae, 2015 - Elsevier
The need to understand how the balance between vegetative and reproductive growth in
olive trees is modified by different crop loads has become more important over the last 20 …

Olive orchard design and mechanization: Present and future

J Tous, A Romero, JF Hermoso, M Msallem… - … Symposium on Olive …, 2012 - actahort.org
Diverse olive plantation systems are utilised throughout the Mediterranean and other world
growing areas, especially in sloping, mountainous and flat areas. Recent important changes …