Abstract
Low input management of a high density olive orchard is presented here and implications on olive oil yield and quality discussed. The young olive orchard yielded abundantly (about 1 t of oil per hectare) despite the minimum input criteria that were followed in irrigation, fertilization, and pruning. Grass cover, minimum pruning, deficit irrigation strategies not only proved sustainable but also compatible with top quality oil production and mechanical harvesting. Minimum pruning techniques allowed to keep pruning to less than 45 min over the 10-year period, which included the training phase and the onset of fruit production. Yield of deficit irrigated trees was 84% of fully irrigated trees; rainfed trees produced 63% of fully-irrigated trees. Soil water availability strongly influenced phenolic concentration of olive oil. Yield to mechanical harvesting by trunk shakers was greater than 90% for ‘Frantoio’ and ‘Leccino’, between 85 and 91% for ‘Pendolino’, and less than 88 and 80% for ‘Arbequina’ and ‘Moraiolo’, respectively.
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Claims 10
Claim · model-written summary
The young olive orchard yielded about 1 t of oil per hectare under minimum inputs.
- Taxon
- olive
Olea europaeae0 - Treatment
- minimum input criteriae0
- Outcome
- oile0
- Direction
- abundantlye0
- Value
- about 1 t of oil per hectaree0
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Verbatim
e0“The young olive orchard yielded abundantly (about 1 t of oil per hectare) despite the minimum input criteria that were followed in irrigation, fertilization, and pruning.”
Claim · model-written summary
Grass cover, minimum pruning, and deficit irrigation were reported as sustainable and compatible with top quality oil production and mechanical harvesting.
- Taxon
- OLIVEOlea europaeat0
- Treatment
- Grass cover, minimum pruning, deficit irrigation strategiese0
- Outcome
- top quality oil production and mechanical harvestinge0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Grass cover, minimum pruning, deficit irrigation strategies not only proved sustainable but also compatible with top quality oil production and mechanical harvesting.”
t0“OLIVE ORCHARDS”
Claim · model-written summary
Minimum pruning required less than 45 minutes over ten years.
- Taxon
- OLIVEOlea europaeat0
- Outcome
- pruninge0
- Value
- less than 45 mine0
- Qualifier
- 10-year periode0
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Verbatim
e0“Minimum pruning techniques allowed to keep pruning to less than 45 min over the 10-year period”
t0“OLIVE ORCHARDS”
Claim · model-written summary
Deficit irrigated trees yielded 84% of fully irrigated trees.
- Taxon
- OLIVEOlea europaeat0
- Treatment
- deficit irrigatede0
- Outcome
- Yielde0
- Value
- 84%e0
- Comparator
- fully irrigated treese0
Not reportedDirection
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Verbatim
e0“Yield of deficit irrigated trees was 84% of fully irrigated trees”
t0“OLIVE ORCHARDS”
Claim · model-written summary
Rainfed trees yielded 63% of fully irrigated trees.
- Taxon
- OLIVEOlea europaeat0
- Treatment
- rainfed treese0
- Outcome
- producede0
- Value
- 63%e0
- Comparator
- fully-irrigated treese0
Not reportedDirection
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Verbatim
e0“rainfed trees produced 63% of fully-irrigated trees”
t0“OLIVE ORCHARDS”
Claim · model-written summary
Soil water availability strongly influenced olive oil phenolic concentration.
- Taxon
- oliveOlea europaeae0
- Treatment
- Soil water availabilitye0
- Outcome
- phenolic concentration of olive oile0
Not reportedSettingDirection
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Verbatim
e0“Soil water availability strongly influenced phenolic concentration of olive oil.”
Claim · model-written summary
Mechanical harvest yield exceeded 90% for Frantoio and Leccino.
- Taxon
- OLIVEOlea europaeat0
- Material
- ‘Frantoio’ and ‘Leccino’e0
- Outcome
- Yield to mechanical harvestinge0
- Direction
- greater thane0
- Value
- 90%e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Yield to mechanical harvesting by trunk shakers was greater than 90% for ‘Frantoio’ and ‘Leccino’”
t0“OLIVE ORCHARDS”
Claim · model-written summary
Mechanical harvest yield for Pendolino was 85 to 91%.
- Taxon
- OLIVEOlea europaeat0
- Material
- ‘Pendolino’e0
- Value
- 85 and 91%e0
Not reportedOutcomeDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“between 85 and 91% for ‘Pendolino’”
t0“OLIVE ORCHARDS”
Claim · model-written summary
Mechanical harvest yield for Arbequina was less than 88%.
- Taxon
- OLIVEOlea europaeat0
- Material
- ‘Arbequina’e0
- Direction
- less thane0
- Value
- 88e0
Not reportedOutcome
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“less than 88 and 80% for ‘Arbequina’ and ‘Moraiolo’, respectively”
t0“OLIVE ORCHARDS”
Claim · model-written summary
Mechanical harvest yield for Moraiolo was less than 80%.
- Taxon
- OLIVEOlea europaeat0
- Material
- ‘Moraiolo’e0
- Direction
- less thane0
- Value
- 80%e0
Not reportedOutcome
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“less than 88 and 80% for ‘Arbequina’ and ‘Moraiolo’, respectively”
t0“OLIVE ORCHARDS”
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