VEGETATIVE GROWTH AND EARLY PRODUCTION OF SIX OLIVE CULTIVARS, IN SOUTHERN ATACAMA DESERT, CHILE

VEGETATIVE GROWTH AND EARLY PRODUCTION OF SIX OLIVE CULTIVARS, IN SOUTHERN ATACAMA DESERT, CHILE

Tree survival, early fruit production, vegetative growth and alternate bearing were examined in six different olive cultivars (Barnea, Biancolilla, Coratina, Empeltre, Koroneiki and Leccino) under intensive agronomic conditions i southern Atacama Desert, in the Coquimbo Region of Chile. The cultivar...

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Main Authors: Freddy MORA, Francisco TAPIA, Carlos Alberto, Elias Nunes
Format: Article
Language:Bulgarian
Published: University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture 2007-12-01
Series:Journal of Central European Agriculture
Subjects:
olea europaea
survival
alternate bearing
longitudinal analysis.
Online Access:http://jcea.agr.hr/articles/462_VEGETATIVE_GROWTH_AND_EARLY_PRODUCTION_OF_SIX_OLIVE_CULTIVARS_IN_SOUTHERN_ATACAMA_DESERT_CHILE_en.pdf
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Summary:Tree survival, early fruit production, vegetative growth and alternate bearing were examined in six different olive cultivars (Barnea, Biancolilla, Coratina, Empeltre, Koroneiki and Leccino) under intensive agronomic conditions i southern Atacama Desert, in the Coquimbo Region of Chile. The cultivars were evaluated over four successive years and had a high survival rate (93%) confi rming their potential for these dry-lands. Fruit production (recorded over the growing seasons 2002-2003), vegetative growth (2000-2003) and alternate bearing differed signifi cantly among cultivars. Olive selection in intensively managed planting at the southern part of the Atacama Desert depends on matching specifi c cultivars to sites on which they perform the best.
ISSN:1332-9049

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