Selection and breeding of olive cultivars

Outlook on Agriculture

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 269-274

  Guerin, Jenny ^a   Collins, Graham ^a   Sedgley, Margaret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034354411     PISSN: 00307270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/000000000101293338     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. D. Zohary, 'The wild genetic resources of the cultivated olive', Acta Horticulturae, Olive Growing II, Vol 356, 1994, pp 62-65.
2. F. Hobman, Olive Information Package, Primary Industries, South Australia, 1993.
3. M. Burr, Australian Olives: A Guide for Growers and Producers of Virgin Oils, published by the author, South Australia, 1998.
4. G. Collins, 'The South Australian olive breeding program', in M. Omura, T. Hayashi and N.S. Scott, eds, Breeding and Biotechnology for Fruit Trees, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Ibaraki, Japan, 1998.
5. M. Sedgley and M. Wirthensohn, 'The Australian olive improvement program', Olivae (in press), 2000.
6. G. Mekuria, G. Collins and M. Sedgley, 'Genetic variability between different accessions of some common commercial olive cultivars', Journal of Horticultural Science and Biotechnology, Vol 74, No 3, 1999, pp 309-314.
7. M. Sedgley and M. Wirthensohn, 'The University of Adelaide Olive Selection Program: better olive cultivars for Australia', The Olive Press, spring 1999, pp 12-14.
8. M. Wirthensohn, M. Burr, A. Granger, G. Jones and M. Sedgley, 'Selection in Australia from feral olives with superior oil quality', Olivae (in press), 2000.
9. G. Mekuria, M. Burr, G. Collins and M. Sedgley, 'Genetic diversity of a feral population of olive trees surrounding an abandoned grove', in preparation.
10. G. Mekuria, G. Collins, S. Lavee and M. Sedgley, 'Identification of a RAPD marker linked to tolerance to peacock disease (Spilocea oleaginea) in olives (Olea europea)', American Journal of Horticultural Science (in preparation).
11. S. Wu, M. Wirthensohn, G. Collins and M. Sedgley, 'Olive trees need the correct pollinator', The Olive Press winter, 2000, pp 13-15.