Towards the improvement of productivity and irrigation efficiency of olive hedgerows managed with mechanical pruning and harvest under various deficit irrigation strategies in Argentina

One of the main challenges in super high-density olive is maintaining hedgerow structure suitable for mechanical harvesting. Deficit irrigation strategies (DI) can contribute to this maintenance. In this study, three DI treatments at 50% of the Control (DI-1: budbreak to pre-bloom, DI-2: fruit set t...

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Main Authors: Calvo, Franco Emmanuel, Calahorra, Maria Andrea, Trentacoste, Eduardo Rafael
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/23351
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/01140671.2024.2388892
https://doi.org/10.1080/01140671.2024.2388892
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description One of the main challenges in super high-density olive is maintaining hedgerow structure suitable for mechanical harvesting. Deficit irrigation strategies (DI) can contribute to this maintenance. In this study, three DI treatments at 50% of the Control (DI-1: budbreak to pre-bloom, DI-2: fruit set to pit hardening, and DI-3: pit hardening to harvest) were applied to 6-year-old Arbequina hedgerows in a semi-arid environment of Argentina over three consecutive seasons. The mean applied water reduction was 12% for DI-1 and 16% for DI-2 and DI-3, compared to Control (100% of ETc throughout the cycle). DI-3 achieved the narrowest hedgerows at harvest, where canopy height was responsive to irrigation and canopy width was affected by fruit load but not by the irrigation regime. DI-1 demonstrated similar fruit and oil yields to Control throughout the experiment, while DI-2 only had comparable yields to Control in Off-season. DI-3 had the lowest oil yields, averaging – 27% in Off and On-seasons. The fruit number was similar among treatments in all seasons, indicating that differences in final yield were related to fruit size and oil concentration. Further studies are needed to determine the optimal duration and intensity of the water deficit for DI-3.
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spelling INTA233512025-09-30T11:57:23Z Towards the improvement of productivity and irrigation efficiency of olive hedgerows managed with mechanical pruning and harvest under various deficit irrigation strategies in Argentina Calvo, Franco Emmanuel Calahorra, Maria Andrea Trentacoste, Eduardo Rafael Olea europaea Mechanical Pruning Irrigation Productivity Yields Deficit Irrigation Poda Mecánica Riego Productividad Rendimiento Irrigación Deficitaria Argentina Olivo One of the main challenges in super high-density olive is maintaining hedgerow structure suitable for mechanical harvesting. Deficit irrigation strategies (DI) can contribute to this maintenance. In this study, three DI treatments at 50% of the Control (DI-1: budbreak to pre-bloom, DI-2: fruit set to pit hardening, and DI-3: pit hardening to harvest) were applied to 6-year-old Arbequina hedgerows in a semi-arid environment of Argentina over three consecutive seasons. The mean applied water reduction was 12% for DI-1 and 16% for DI-2 and DI-3, compared to Control (100% of ETc throughout the cycle). DI-3 achieved the narrowest hedgerows at harvest, where canopy height was responsive to irrigation and canopy width was affected by fruit load but not by the irrigation regime. DI-1 demonstrated similar fruit and oil yields to Control throughout the experiment, while DI-2 only had comparable yields to Control in Off-season. DI-3 had the lowest oil yields, averaging – 27% in Off and On-seasons. The fruit number was similar among treatments in all seasons, indicating that differences in final yield were related to fruit size and oil concentration. Further studies are needed to determine the optimal duration and intensity of the water deficit for DI-3. EEA Chilecito Fil: Calvo, Franco. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Calvo, Franco. Universidad Nacional de Chilecito. Instituto de Agricultura Sostenible en el Oasis; Argentina Fil: Calahorra, Maria Andrea. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Chilecito; Argentina Fil: Trentacoste, Eduardo Rafael. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria La Consulta; Argentina 2025-08-07T13:30:54Z 2025-08-07T13:30:54Z 2024-08 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/23351 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/01140671.2024.2388892 0114-0671 1175-8783 https://doi.org/10.1080/01140671.2024.2388892 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf Taylor and Francis New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science : 1-15 ( Published online: 11 Aug 2024)
spellingShingle Olea europaea
Mechanical Pruning
Irrigation
Productivity
Yields
Deficit Irrigation
Poda Mecánica
Riego
Productividad
Rendimiento
Irrigación Deficitaria
Argentina
Olivo
Calvo, Franco Emmanuel
Calahorra, Maria Andrea
Trentacoste, Eduardo Rafael
Towards the improvement of productivity and irrigation efficiency of olive hedgerows managed with mechanical pruning and harvest under various deficit irrigation strategies in Argentina
title Towards the improvement of productivity and irrigation efficiency of olive hedgerows managed with mechanical pruning and harvest under various deficit irrigation strategies in Argentina
title_full Towards the improvement of productivity and irrigation efficiency of olive hedgerows managed with mechanical pruning and harvest under various deficit irrigation strategies in Argentina
title_fullStr Towards the improvement of productivity and irrigation efficiency of olive hedgerows managed with mechanical pruning and harvest under various deficit irrigation strategies in Argentina
title_full_unstemmed Towards the improvement of productivity and irrigation efficiency of olive hedgerows managed with mechanical pruning and harvest under various deficit irrigation strategies in Argentina
title_short Towards the improvement of productivity and irrigation efficiency of olive hedgerows managed with mechanical pruning and harvest under various deficit irrigation strategies in Argentina
title_sort towards the improvement of productivity and irrigation efficiency of olive hedgerows managed with mechanical pruning and harvest under various deficit irrigation strategies in argentina
topic Olea europaea
Mechanical Pruning
Irrigation
Productivity
Yields
Deficit Irrigation
Poda Mecánica
Riego
Productividad
Rendimiento
Irrigación Deficitaria
Argentina
Olivo
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/23351
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/01140671.2024.2388892
https://doi.org/10.1080/01140671.2024.2388892
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