Vegetative and reproductive responses, oil yield and composition from olive trees (Olea europaea) under contrasting water availability during the dry winter-spring period in central Argentina

Annals of Applied Biology

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 116-127

  Pierantozzi, P ^a   Torres, M ^b   Lavee, S ^c   Maestri, D ^a  

^a Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biologia Vegetal   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Flowering; fruiting; oil yield and composition; olive; pre flowering flowering period; water deficit

Indexed keywords

CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FLOWERING; FRUIT; FRUITING; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; OIL; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SHOOT GROWTH; SPRING (SEASON); TEMPORAL PERIOD; VEGETATIVE REPRODUCTION; WATER AVAILABILITY; WINTER; YIELD RESPONSE;

ARGENTINA;

OLEA EUROPAEA;

EID: 84890121764     PISSN: 00034746     EISSN: 17447348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aab.12086     Document Type: Article

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