The Olive

Botany and Production

Andrea Fabbri, Luciana Baldoni, Tiziano Caruso, Franco Famiani, Andrea Fabbri, Luciana Baldoni, Tiziano Caruso, Franco Famiani

• Publisher: CAB International
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN: 9781789247336
• eBook ISBN: 9781789247350
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• Subtopic: Horticulture
• Index: Biological Sciences

The European or Mediterranean cultivated olive (Olea europaea L., subsp. europaea, var. europaea) is an ancient crop notable for its early domestication. Today, hundreds of olive varieties are grown to produce high-quality fruit for oil and table olives for human consumption. Over the last 30 years, the olive industry has undergone profound innovation due to scientific and technical advances, particularly in genomics, breeding, orchard management, mechanization and agro-ecology. Not all these developments are currently available to smaller producers. Outside the Mediterranean Basin, where it has been present for over 6, 000 years, olive cultivation has spread to many other countries. These new olive-growing areas are helping further the expansion of the industry, due to increased awareness of the nutritional and health properties of extra virgin olive oil.This book is a much-needed update on olive biology and cultivation, with contributions from leading international experts, and includes: Genetics and breedingOlive propagation and nurseryPlanting olive orchardsHorticultural management of olive orchardsPlant protectionOlive by-productsMultifunctionality of olive groves and ecosystem servicesThe Olive: Botany and Production is an invaluable resource for researchers and students in horticulture and agriculture, in addition to producers involved in olive orchard management.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• List of Contributors
• Presentation
• 1. A Short History of the Olive
• 2.1. Anatomy and Morphology
• 2.2. Vegetative and Reproductive Physiology
• 2.3. Ecophysiology
• 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
• 5.1. Planting Models for New Olive Growing
• 5.2. Site Selection and Olive Orchard Design and Establishment
• 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
• 7.1. Responses to Abiotic Stresses
• 7.2. Pest Management in Olive Orchards
• 7.3. Olive Diseases
• 8.1. Olive Leaf Extract
• 8.2. Valorization of the Olive-oil Chain Byproducts as Soil Amendment
• 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