Adaptability of some Olive Cultivars in Taroum and Sarpole Zehab Environmental Conditions

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In order to evaluate adaptation of six Greek olive cultivars (Conservolia, Thiaki, Chalkidikis, Megaron, Agouromanako and Patrini), an experiment was conducted in a randomized complete block design in Dallaho and Taroum Olive Research Stations during 2006-2010. Trees were planted with a 6×6m distance in 2005. Vegetative and reproductive traits of olive trees were measured. Variance analysis results for different characteristics showed that tree height, canopy diameter and trunk cross sectional area differed significantly at 1% probability level in both locations. Inflorescence number per shoot, flower number per inflorescence, perfect flower percent and final fruit set also differed significantly under Sarpole Zehab and Tarrom environmental conditions. Fruit weight was between 0.99 (for Thiaki) to 5.7 g (for Conservolia) in Sarpole Zehab and 1.81 (for Thiaki) to 10.7 g (for Chalkidikis) in Taroum. Differences among cultivars for fruit yield were significant, so that fruit yield of all cultivars was higher at Taroum compared to Sarpole Zehab. Oil percent in dry matter was higher than 35% only in consevalia and Chalkidikis cultivars in Sarpole Zehab while it was higher than 48% for all cultivars in Taroum. In general, all cultivars showed better performance in Taroum condition compared to Sarpole Zehab. Chalkidikis and Thiaki were suitable cultivars for dual and oil production, respectively in Taroum.

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Seed and Plant Journal
Volume 30, Issue 4
October 2014
Pages 703-717

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