The Olive : Botany and Production.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fabbri, A. (Andrea), author.

Contributor:

Baldoni, Luciana.

Caruso, Tiziano.

Famiani, Franco.

Agosteo, Giovanni.

Giuseppe, Barbera.

Belaj, Angjelina.

Belcari, Antonio.

Barkaoui, Karim.

Ben-Ari, Giora.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Olive.

Agriculture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1118 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : CAB International, 2023.

Summary:

This book is an updated treatise on olive biology and cultivation, which covers recent advances in international research.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

List of Contributors

Presentation

1. A Short History of the Olive

2. Biology

2.1. Anatomy and Morphology

2.2. Vegetative and Reproductive Physiology

2.3. Ecophysiology

3. Genetics and Breeding

3.1. Olive Genome Structure, Evolution and Domestication

3.2. Cultivated and Wild Olive Germplasm: Distribution, Management, Exploitation

3.3. Genotyping Technologies for Olive Cultivar Characterization and Development of Functional Markers

3.4. Morphological Phenotyping

3.5. Developing Tools for Genomics-assisted Breeding

3.6. Breeding Strategies and Achievements for New Olive Oil Varieties

3.7. Breeding Strategies and Achievements for Table Olive Varieties

3.8. Biotechnological Approaches in Olive Breeding

4. Olive Propagation and Nursery

5. Planting New Olive Orchards

5.1. Planting Models for New Olive Growing

5.2. Site Selection and Olive Orchard Design and Establishment

6. Horticultural Management of Olive Orchard

6.1. Soil Management

6.2. Water Requirements and Irrigation

6.3. Nutrition and Fertilization

6.4. Olive Training Systems and Pruning

6.5. Olive Harvesting

7. Plant Protection

7.1. Responses to Abiotic Stresses

7.2. Pest Management in Olive Orchards

7.3. Olive Diseases

8. Olive By-products (Wood, Leaves)

8.1. Olive Leaf Extract

8.2. Valorization of the Olive-oil Chain Byproducts as Soil Amendment

9. Multifunctionality of Olive Groves

9.1. Multifunctionality of Olive Groves

9.2. Towards Modern Olive Polycultures

9.3. The Landscape of the Olive Tree: Old and New Visions

Index

Back Cover.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Fabbri, Andrea The Olive

ISBN:

9781789247343

1789247349

9781789247350

1789247357