Long-term effects of row orientation on oil yield and oil yield components of hedgerow olive orchards cv. Arbequina

Orchardists are adopting hedgerow systems of many horticultural tree crops to benefit from early and higher yield and to facilitate mechanical pruning and harvesting for more timely management at lower cost. In the case of olive, guidance in orchard design is available for the dimensions (height and...

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Autores principales: Gómez del Campo, María, Trentacoste, Eduardo Rafael, Connor, David J.
Formato: Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/11542
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0304423821008773
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scienta.2021.110770
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author Gómez del Campo, María
Trentacoste, Eduardo Rafael
Connor, David J.
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description Orchardists are adopting hedgerow systems of many horticultural tree crops to benefit from early and higher yield and to facilitate mechanical pruning and harvesting for more timely management at lower cost. In the case of olive, guidance in orchard design is available for the dimensions (height and width), spacing and porosity of hedgerows of the dominant super-high density (SHD) design but less so for hedgerow orientation. An analysis is presented of oil yield and its components of four olive hedgerows orchards (N–S, E–W, NE–SW and NW–SE) maintained at optimum dimensions during 7 years from the third year after planting. Oil yield was highly variable from year to year in a range 1.7–3.6 t oil/ha but average yield of NE–SW, although not different from NW–SE and N–S, was significantly greater than E–W by 12%. Yield of NE–SW exceeded those of other orientations in two of the seven years of observation by increase in fruit number without effect on fruit size or oil concentration. Analysis of the impact of orientation on yield excludes annual interception of solar radiation as an explanation because NE–SW has similar interception to NW–SE and N–S but greater yield. This identifies the importance of seasonal, and possibly diurnal, differences in radiation interception and associated microclimatic factors of temperature, VPD and water stress. In olive, determination of fruit number is a long stepwise process that commences in autumn with bud initiation and continues with bud formation, flowering, fruit set and fruit fall in the following spring. Concentration of effort on the role of orchard design and management in determination of fruit number emerges as the most useful step in unraveling the role of hedgerow orientation and yield variability in olive production systems.
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spelling INTA115422022-04-01T17:40:01Z Long-term effects of row orientation on oil yield and oil yield components of hedgerow olive orchards cv. Arbequina Gómez del Campo, María Trentacoste, Eduardo Rafael Connor, David J. Olea Europaea Variedades Rendimiento Aceite de Oliva Huerto Frutal Espaciamiento Varieties Yields Olive Oil Orchards Spacing Olivo Variedad Arbequina Orchardists are adopting hedgerow systems of many horticultural tree crops to benefit from early and higher yield and to facilitate mechanical pruning and harvesting for more timely management at lower cost. In the case of olive, guidance in orchard design is available for the dimensions (height and width), spacing and porosity of hedgerows of the dominant super-high density (SHD) design but less so for hedgerow orientation. An analysis is presented of oil yield and its components of four olive hedgerows orchards (N–S, E–W, NE–SW and NW–SE) maintained at optimum dimensions during 7 years from the third year after planting. Oil yield was highly variable from year to year in a range 1.7–3.6 t oil/ha but average yield of NE–SW, although not different from NW–SE and N–S, was significantly greater than E–W by 12%. Yield of NE–SW exceeded those of other orientations in two of the seven years of observation by increase in fruit number without effect on fruit size or oil concentration. Analysis of the impact of orientation on yield excludes annual interception of solar radiation as an explanation because NE–SW has similar interception to NW–SE and N–S but greater yield. This identifies the importance of seasonal, and possibly diurnal, differences in radiation interception and associated microclimatic factors of temperature, VPD and water stress. In olive, determination of fruit number is a long stepwise process that commences in autumn with bud initiation and continues with bud formation, flowering, fruit set and fruit fall in the following spring. Concentration of effort on the role of orchard design and management in determination of fruit number emerges as the most useful step in unraveling the role of hedgerow orientation and yield variability in olive production systems. EEA Junín Fil: Gómez del Campo, María. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Departamento de Producción Agraria; España Fil: Trentacoste, Eduardo Rafael. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Junín; Argentina Fil: Connor, David J. University of Melbourne. School of Agriculture and Food; Australia 2022-04-01T17:34:39Z 2022-04-01T17:34:39Z 2022-02 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/11542 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0304423821008773 0304-4238 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scienta.2021.110770 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess application/pdf Elsevier Scientia Horticulturae 294 : 110770 (February 2022)
spellingShingle Olea Europaea
Variedades
Rendimiento
Aceite de Oliva
Huerto Frutal
Espaciamiento
Varieties
Yields
Olive Oil
Orchards
Spacing
Olivo
Variedad Arbequina
Gómez del Campo, María
Trentacoste, Eduardo Rafael
Connor, David J.
Long-term effects of row orientation on oil yield and oil yield components of hedgerow olive orchards cv. Arbequina
title Long-term effects of row orientation on oil yield and oil yield components of hedgerow olive orchards cv. Arbequina
title_full Long-term effects of row orientation on oil yield and oil yield components of hedgerow olive orchards cv. Arbequina
title_fullStr Long-term effects of row orientation on oil yield and oil yield components of hedgerow olive orchards cv. Arbequina
title_full_unstemmed Long-term effects of row orientation on oil yield and oil yield components of hedgerow olive orchards cv. Arbequina
title_short Long-term effects of row orientation on oil yield and oil yield components of hedgerow olive orchards cv. Arbequina
title_sort long term effects of row orientation on oil yield and oil yield components of hedgerow olive orchards cv arbequina
topic Olea Europaea
Variedades
Rendimiento
Aceite de Oliva
Huerto Frutal
Espaciamiento
Varieties
Yields
Olive Oil
Orchards
Spacing
Olivo
Variedad Arbequina
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/11542
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0304423821008773
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scienta.2021.110770
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