Cover crop management and water conservation in vineyard and olive orchards

A Novara, A Cerda, E Barone, L Gristina - Soil and Tillage Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Sustainability in orchard crops is an important goal for farmers, decision-makers and
consumers. The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals emphasize the importance …

Valuable Nutrients and Functional Bioactives in Different Parts of Olive (Olea europaea L.)—A Review

R Ghanbari, F Anwar, KM Alkharfy, AH Gilani… - International journal of …, 2012 - mdpi.com
The Olive tree (Olea europaea L.), a native of the Mediterranean basin and parts of Asia, is
now widely cultivated in many other parts of the world for production of olive oil and table …

Water use indicators and economic analysis for on-farm irrigation decision: A case study of a super high density olive tree orchard

JE Fernández, F Alcon, A Diaz-Espejo… - Agricultural water …, 2020 - Elsevier
Increasing the efficiency of on-farm water use requires wise decisions on the irrigation
system, the irrigation strategy and the method to schedule irrigation, among other factors …

Deficit irrigation for reducing agricultural water use

E Fereres, MA Soriano - Journal of experimental botany, 2007 - academic.oup.com
At present and more so in the future, irrigated agriculture will take place under water scarcity.
Insufficient water supply for irrigation will be the norm rather than the exception, and …

A plant's perspective of extremes: terrestrial plant responses to changing climatic variability

CPO Reyer, S Leuzinger, A Rammig… - Global change …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
We review observational, experimental, and model results on how plants respond to
extreme climatic conditions induced by changing climatic variability. Distinguishing between …

Information transmission in irrigation technology adoption and diffusion: Social learning, extension services, and spatial effects

M Genius, P Koundouri, C Nauges… - American Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
In this article, we investigate the role of information transmission in promoting agricultural
technology adoption and diffusion through extension services and social learning. We …

Drought stress effects and olive tree acclimation under a changing climate

C Brito, LT Dinis, J Moutinho-Pereira, CM Correia - Plants, 2019 - mdpi.com
Increasing consciousness regarding the nutritional value of olive oil has enhanced the
demand for this product and, consequently, the expansion of olive tree cultivation. Although …

Irrigation scheduling from stem diameter variations: a review

JE Fernández, MV Cuevas - Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 2010 - Elsevier
Precise irrigation is essential in arid and semi-arid areas where water is scarce. This has
impelled the scientific community to develop new technologies for scheduling irrigation. Of …

Creating a Solar-Powered Drip Irrigation Optimal Performance model (SDrOP) to lower the cost of drip irrigation systems for smallholder farmers

F Grant, C Sheline, J Sokol, S Amrose, E Brownell… - Applied Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Smallholder farmers, who hold 84% of the approximately 570 million farms worldwide, are
vital stakeholders in the process of sustainable agricultural intensification, but often lack the …

The physiology of adaptation and yield expression in olive

DJ Connor, E Fereres - Hortic. Rev, 2010 - books.google.com
* We thank Antonio Hall, Bob Loomis, María-Inés Mínguez, Hava Rapoport, David Smith and
four reviewers for comments and suggestions on the manuscript and also Joan Girona …