On the origins and domestication of the olive: a review and perspectives

G Besnard, JF Terral, A Cornille - Annals of botany, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Background Unravelling domestication processes is crucial for understanding how species
respond to anthropogenic pressures, forecasting crop responses to future global changes …

Patterns and processes in plant phylogeography in the Mediterranean Basin. A review

GN Feliner - Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Phylogeography, born to bridge population genetics and phylogenetics in an explicit
geographic context, has provided a successful platform for unveiling species evolutionary …

Olive domestication and diversification in the Mediterranean Basin

CM Diez, I Trujillo, N Martinez‐Urdiroz… - New …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Olive (O lea europaea ssp. europaea) is the most important oil fruit crop in temperate areas,
but the origin of the cultivated olive remains unclear. The existence of one or several …

Projected climate changes are expected to decrease the suitability and production of olive varieties in southern Spain

S Arenas-Castro, JF Gonçalves, M Moreno… - Science of the total …, 2020 - Elsevier
World olive production is based on the cultivation of different varieties that respond
differently to abiotic factors. Climate change may affect the area of land suitable for olive …

The history of olive cultivation in the southern Levant

O Barazani, A Dag, Z Dunseth - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The olive tree (Olea europaea L. subsp. europaea var. europaea) is one of the most
important crops across the Mediterranean, particularly the southern Levant. Its regional …

The origin and spread of olive cultivation in the Mediterranean Basin: The fossil pollen evidence

D Langgut, R Cheddadi, JS Carrión… - The …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Olive (Olea europaea L.) was one of the most important fruit trees in the ancient
Mediterranean region and a founder species of horticulture in the Mediterranean Basin …

Plant genotype-specific archaeal and bacterial endophytes but similar Bacillus antagonists colonize Mediterranean olive trees

H Müller, C Berg, BB Landa, A Auerbach… - Frontiers in …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Endophytes have an intimate and often symbiotic interaction with their hosts. Less is known
about the composition and function of endophytes in trees. In order to evaluate our …

[BOOK][B] The songs of trees: Stories from nature's great connectors

DG Haskell - 2018 - books.google.com
WINNER OF THE 2018 JOHN BURROUGHS MEDAL FOR OUTSTANDING NATURAL
HISTORY WRITING “Both a love song to trees, an exploration of their biology, and a …

Identification of the Worldwide Olive Germplasm Bank of Córdoba (Spain) using SSR and morphological markers

I Trujillo, MA Ojeda, NM Urdiroz, D Potter… - Tree Genetics & …, 2014 - Springer
Olive is one of the most ancient crop plants and the World Olive Germplasm Bank of
Cordoba (WOGBC), Spain, is one of the world's largest collections of olive germplasm. We …

Plagues upon the Earth: disease and the course of human history

K Harper - 2021 - torrossa.com
Introduction microorganisms and macrohistory one of the chief blessings of living in the
modern world is supposed to be that the risk of dying from an infectious disease has become …