Olive Cultivation in the Southern Hemisphere: Flowering, Water Requirements and Oil Quality Responses to New Crop Environments

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 table olives in the last two decades has led to expansion of olive cultivation in some countries of the southern...

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Main Authors: Mariela Torres, Pierluigi Pierantozzi, Peter Searles, M. Cecilia Rousseaux, Georgina García-Inza, Andrea Miserere, Romina Bodoira, Cibeles Contreras, Damián Maestri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2017.01830/full