Publisher Summary This chapter discusses about olive oil, which is the oil extracted from the
fruit of the olive tree. Most of the world supply of olive oil originates from the Mediterranean …

Agricultural intensification necessary for global food security as well as changes in
temperature and precipitation patterns expected from climate change are likely to cause …

Fruits from the same variety of Olea europaea L., grown under different environmental
conditions in the north of Tunisia, were harvested at the same ripening degree and …

Oilseeds are, by de nition, those seeds or crops grown mainly for their oil. This chapter
presents data on the fatty acid composition of selected vegetable oils, factors affecting fatty …

Chétoui is the second main olive variety cultivated in the north of Tunisia and shows a high
capacity of adaptation to various pedoclimatic conditions. The aim of this work was to study …

Increasing salinisation has significant and detrimental impacts on land, water and vegetation
quality, wildlife environments, agronomy and ecosystem functioning. This is particularly true …

This study was carried out during two successive seasons (2004 and 2006) to evaluate the
effect of different pollination types on 16 years old olive oil cultivars, namely Arbeqeina …

Virgin olive oils were obtained in Egypt from fruits of olive trees irrigated with waters of
different salinity concentration (control, 1800, 3600 and 6000 ppm) during the 1992 season …

The annual coastal halophyte Cakile maritima shows considerable ecological and economic
importance. This study describes the variability of the fruit characteristics in twelve …

The search for new sources of fats and oils is an ongoing process. By far, plant seeds are
the most promising sources of oils for nutritional, industrial, and pharmaceutical purposes …