Full irrigation with good drainage produced rapid growth in young olive plants.

irrigation · growth · Olea europaea (common olive)Results differ

21 papers in the same direction as this claim · 21 in the opposite direction · 1 reporting no difference from an alternative

1. negative
   By 8 weeks AFB, deficit irrigated fruit had completed only 40% of endocarp growth.

   The Effect of Water Deficit during Early Fruit Development on Olive Fruit Morphogenesis · 2004 · compared with irrigated treatment

   Opposite direction

2. no effect
   Canopy, trunk cross section area and pruned wood showed little differences between the rain-fed control and the lowest irrigation level.

   Effects of water regimes on ®ve pickling and double aptitude olive cultivars (Olea europaeaL.) · 2004 · compared with rain-fed control

   Opposite direction

3. negative
   Drought limited stem elongation, stem diameter expansion and formation of new leaves in olive.

   Drought Effects on Growth, Water Content and Osmoprotectants in Four Olive Cultivars with Different Drought Tolerance · 2018

   Opposite direction

4. negative
   Irrigating olive at stem water potential of -1.3 MPa reduced shoot growth by 50% versus CON.

   Summer deficit irrigation in a hedgerow olive orchard cv. Arbequina: relationship between soil and tree water status, and growth and yield components · 2013 · compared with CON

   Opposite direction

5. negative
   Fifty percent deficit irrigation reduced growth and pomological traits.

   Effect of three water-regimes on morpho-physiological, biochemical and yield responses of local and foreign olive cultivars under field conditions · 2022

   Opposite direction

6. negative
   Sustained deficit irrigation reduced the capacity for shoot growth compared with RDI and fully irrigated trees.

   Assessing the impact of deficit irrigation strategies on agronomic and productive parameters of Menara olive cultivar: implications for operational water management · 2023 · compared with those under RDI and fully irrigated conditions

   Opposite direction

7. negative
   Increasing irrigation deficit decreased olive growth rate, trunk cross section, leaf area and dry weight in both cultivars.

   Morphological, physiological and anatomical responses of two olive cultivars to deficit irrigation and mycorrhizal inoculation · 2020

   Opposite direction

8. no effect
   Irrigation did not significantly affect external surface area or canopy volume.

   Physiological and Growth Responses to Irrigation of a Newly Established Hedgerow Olive Orchard · 2010

   Opposite direction

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