Conservation agriculture as a sustainable system for soil health: A review

B Cárceles Rodríguez, VH Durán-Zuazo… - Soil Systems, 2022 - mdpi.com
Soil health is a term used to describe the general state or quality of soil, and in an
agroecosystem, soil health can be defined as the ability of the soil to respond to agricultural …

Mediterranean olive orchards under climate change: A review of future impacts and adaptation strategies

H Fraga, M Moriondo, L Leolini, JA Santos - Agronomy, 2020 - mdpi.com
The olive tree (Olea europaea L.) is an ancient traditional crop in the Mediterranean Basin.
In the Mediterranean region, traditional olive orchards are distinguishable by their prevailing …

Extraction of Olive Crown Based on UAV Visible Images and the U2-Net Deep Learning Model

Z Ye, J Wei, Y Lin, Q Guo, J Zhang, H Zhang, H Deng… - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
Olive trees, which are planted widely in China, are economically significant. Timely and
accurate acquisition of olive tree crown information is vital in monitoring olive tree growth …

Olive tree irrigation as a climate change adaptation measure in Alentejo, Portugal

H Fraga, JG Pinto, JA Santos - Agricultural Water Management, 2020 - Elsevier
Climate change projections for Southern Europe reveal warming and drying trends for the
upcoming decades, bringing important challenges to Portuguese olive orchards in …

Adaptation of Mediterranean olive groves to climate change through sustainable cultivation practices

G Michalopoulos, KA Kasapi, G Koubouris, G Psarras… - Climate, 2020 - mdpi.com
Olive cultivation is considered as one of the most significant agricultural activities in Greece,
from a financial, social, and ecological point of view. Intensive cultivation practices in …

Economic and environmental sustainability of olive production: A case study

G Maesano, G Chinnici, G Falcone, C Bellia… - Agronomy, 2021 - mdpi.com
This paper aims to achieve an economic feasibility and life cycle assessment of three
different olive cultivation systems in the Mediterranean area through the joint use of …

[HTML][HTML] Management options influence seasonal CO2 soil emissions in Mediterranean olive ecosystems

G Montanaro, G Doupis, N Kourgialas… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Field trials were conducted at traditional Mediterranean olive agro-ecosystems grown at two
locations (Italy–IT, Greece–GR). Groves were managed for many years using sustainable (S …

Twenty years of remote sensing applications targeting landscape analysis and environmental issues in olive growing: A review

G Messina, G Modica - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
The olive (Olea europaea L.) is an iconic tree linked to the birth of some of the most ancient
civilizations and one of the most important cultivated tree species in the Mediterranean …

[HTML][HTML] Addition of compost changed responses of soil-tree system in olive groves in relation to the irrigation strategy

LL de Sosa, M Sánchez-Piñero, I Girón, M Corell… - Agricultural Water …, 2023 - Elsevier
Intensification of olive production could suppose an increase of natural resources
consumption as well as an acceleration of soil degradation. Studies of soil and trees …

Good agricultural practices related to water and soil as a means of adaptation of mediterranean olive growing to extreme climate-water conditions

NN Kourgialas, G Psarras, G Morianou, V Pisinaras… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Despite the fact that the olive tree is one of the best-adapted species in Mediterranean
hydroclimate conditions, climate extremes impose negative effects on olive fruit set and …