Aim of the Review. To grasp the fragmented information available on the botany, traditional
uses, phytochemistry, pharmacology, and toxicology of Olea europaea to explore its …

In olive (Olea europaea L.) traditional methods of genetic improvement have up to now
produced limited results. Intensification of olive growing requires appropriate new cultivars …

Trade standards are continuously updated to give plausible solutions to situations created
by fraudsters who apply the most sophisticated procedures to their objectives of olive oil …

As one of the top global producers of olives and olive oil, Morocco has important olive
genetic resources including several international cultivars and wild local populations …

Germplasm collections are basic tools for conservation, characterization, and efficient use of
olive genetic resources. The identification of the olive cultivars maintained in the collections …

In this work, we assess both the morphological and genetic diversity of 68 important olive
cultivars from three Southern Italian regions: Calabria, Campania and Sicily. Twenty-five …

Olea europaea L. is the most valuable species of the Olea type, and its products offer a wide
range of therapeutical uses. The olive tree has been extensively studied for its nourishing …

Olive breeding programmes are focused on selecting for traits as short juvenile period, plant
architecture suited for mechanical harvest, or oil characteristics, including fatty acid …

Olive oil and wine production have a worldwide economic impact. Their market reliability is
under great concern because of the increasing number of fraud and adulteration attempts …

Germplasm collections of tree crop species represent fundamental tools for conservation of
diversity and key steps for its characterization and evaluation. For the olive tree, several …