Olives

CONTENTS......Page 5
PREFACE......Page 9
ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS......Page 11
CHEMICAL SYMBOLS......Page 15
1 HISTORY OF OLIVE GROWING......Page 17
2 THE OLIVE: ORIGIN AND CLASSIFICATION......Page 25
3 MORPHOLOGY AND TAXONOMY OF THE OLIVE......Page 29
4 STRUCTURE AND COMPOSITION OF THE OLIVE FRUIT......Page 41
5 HECTAREAGE, NUMBER OF TREES AND PRODUCTION OF OLIVE OIL AND TABLE OLIVES......Page 49
6 ROOTSTOCKS......Page 59
7 MAJOR TRENDS IN OLIVE FARMING SYSTEMS......Page 65
8 CLIMATIC AND SOIL CONDITIONS......Page 67
9 FLOWER BUD INDUCTION AND DIFFERENTIATION......Page 97
10 FLOWERING, POLLINATION, FERTILIZATION AND FRUITING......Page 109
11 ALTERNATE BEARING......Page 121
12 FRUIT THINNING......Page 125
13 SYSTEMS OF PLANTING AND CANOPY TRAINING......Page 129
14 PROPAGATION OF OLIVE TREES......Page 141
15 IRRIGATION OF THE OLIVE......Page 167
16 WATER USE EFFICIENCY BY THE OLIVE......Page 183
17 STRESS-INDUCED ACCUMULATION OF PROLINE AND MANNITOL......Page 191
18 MINERAL NUTRITION OF THE OLIVE......Page 195
19 GROWTH AND SALT TOLERANCE OF THE OLIVE......Page 227
20 PRUNING......Page 237
21 OLIVE RIPENING......Page 245
22 OLIVE FRUIT HARVESTING......Page 261
23 OLIVE VARIETIES......Page 271
24 TABLE OLIVES......Page 287
25 OLIVE OIL......Page 295
26 OLIVE MILL PRODUCTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF OLIVE OIL PRODUCTION......Page 311
27 OLEUROPEIN, OLIVE LEAF EXTRACT, OLIVE OIL AND THE BENEFITS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN DIET TO HUMAN HEALTH......Page 319
28 BIOLOGICAL AND INTEGRATED OLIVE CULTURE......Page 335
29 CHEMICAL AND INTEGRATED WEED MANAGEMENT IN OLIVE ORCHARDS......Page 341
30 PESTS AND DISEASES......Page 351
31 BIOTECHNOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF OLIVE CULTURE......Page 369
REFERENCES......Page 373
B......Page 415
C......Page 416
F......Page 417
H......Page 418
M......Page 419
O......Page 420
P......Page 421
S......Page 423
T......Page 424
Z......Page 425