Effect of fruit load on oil yield components and dynamics of fruit growth and oil accumulation in olive (Olea europaea L.)

Olive oil yield and its components (fruit number, average fruit weight and fruit oil concentration) depend on crop load and source–sink ratios as affected by environmental conditions, management and the alternate bearing typical of the species. The aims of this work were to: (i) establish quantitati...

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Autores principales: Trentacoste, Eduardo Rafael, Puertas, Carlos Marcelo, Sadras, Victor Oscar
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/23620
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1161030110000031
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eja.2010.01.002
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author Trentacoste, Eduardo Rafael
Puertas, Carlos Marcelo
Sadras, Victor Oscar
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description Olive oil yield and its components (fruit number, average fruit weight and fruit oil concentration) depend on crop load and source–sink ratios as affected by environmental conditions, management and the alternate bearing typical of the species. The aims of this work were to: (i) establish quantitative relationships between oil yield and its components as affected by fruit load in a high-yielding production system, (ii) analyse the dynamics of fruit weight and fruit oil concentration in terms of rates and durations, and (iii) explore the relationships between the dynamics of oil and water in fruit. In a fully irrigated olive orchard in Mendoza (32° S), Argentina, cv. Arbequina trees with similar crown volume and three fruit loads (3-fold range) were monitored during two seasons. Oil yield was positively associated with both fruit number and fruit fresh weight, but not with fruit oil concentration. Across seasons and fruit loads, fruit yield increased linearly with fruit number at ∼1.5 kg per thousand fruit and reached a maximum ∼60 kg tree−1 (or 25 t ha−1) at a fruit load of 32,700 fruit tree−1. The fruit filling rate was affected by fruit load, while the duration of fruit growth and the dynamics of oil and water concentration were unaffected by fruit load. Fruit water concentration reached a minimum at the onset of Stage III of fruit growth, which was marked by a rapid increase in oil concentration. Fruit fresh weight and oil weight increased with source–sink ratio from ∼0.5 up to a threshold ∼2 m3 crown per thousand fruit. In contrast, a 8-fold range of source–sink ratio did not affect fruit oil concentration.
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spelling INTA236202025-09-24T17:15:03Z Effect of fruit load on oil yield components and dynamics of fruit growth and oil accumulation in olive (Olea europaea L.) Trentacoste, Eduardo Rafael Puertas, Carlos Marcelo Sadras, Victor Oscar Olea europaea Aceituna Aceite de Oliva Carácter de Rendimiento Olives Olive Oil Yield Components Arbequina Olive oil yield and its components (fruit number, average fruit weight and fruit oil concentration) depend on crop load and source–sink ratios as affected by environmental conditions, management and the alternate bearing typical of the species. The aims of this work were to: (i) establish quantitative relationships between oil yield and its components as affected by fruit load in a high-yielding production system, (ii) analyse the dynamics of fruit weight and fruit oil concentration in terms of rates and durations, and (iii) explore the relationships between the dynamics of oil and water in fruit. In a fully irrigated olive orchard in Mendoza (32° S), Argentina, cv. Arbequina trees with similar crown volume and three fruit loads (3-fold range) were monitored during two seasons. Oil yield was positively associated with both fruit number and fruit fresh weight, but not with fruit oil concentration. Across seasons and fruit loads, fruit yield increased linearly with fruit number at ∼1.5 kg per thousand fruit and reached a maximum ∼60 kg tree−1 (or 25 t ha−1) at a fruit load of 32,700 fruit tree−1. The fruit filling rate was affected by fruit load, while the duration of fruit growth and the dynamics of oil and water concentration were unaffected by fruit load. Fruit water concentration reached a minimum at the onset of Stage III of fruit growth, which was marked by a rapid increase in oil concentration. Fruit fresh weight and oil weight increased with source–sink ratio from ∼0.5 up to a threshold ∼2 m3 crown per thousand fruit. In contrast, a 8-fold range of source–sink ratio did not affect fruit oil concentration. EEA Junín Fil: Trentacoste, Eduardo Rafael. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Junín; Argentina Fil: Puertas, Carlos Marcelo. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Junín; Argentina Fil: Sadras, Victor Oscar. South Australian Research & Development Institute; Australia 2025-08-29T12:35:52Z 2025-08-29T12:35:52Z 2010-05 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/23620 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1161030110000031 1873-7331 1161-0301 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eja.2010.01.002 spa 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 Elsevier European Journal of Agronomy 32 (4) : 249-254 (May 2010)
spellingShingle Olea europaea
Aceituna
Aceite de Oliva
Carácter de Rendimiento
Olives
Olive Oil
Yield Components
Arbequina
Trentacoste, Eduardo Rafael
Puertas, Carlos Marcelo
Sadras, Victor Oscar
Effect of fruit load on oil yield components and dynamics of fruit growth and oil accumulation in olive (Olea europaea L.)
title Effect of fruit load on oil yield components and dynamics of fruit growth and oil accumulation in olive (Olea europaea L.)
title_full Effect of fruit load on oil yield components and dynamics of fruit growth and oil accumulation in olive (Olea europaea L.)
title_fullStr Effect of fruit load on oil yield components and dynamics of fruit growth and oil accumulation in olive (Olea europaea L.)
title_full_unstemmed Effect of fruit load on oil yield components and dynamics of fruit growth and oil accumulation in olive (Olea europaea L.)
title_short Effect of fruit load on oil yield components and dynamics of fruit growth and oil accumulation in olive (Olea europaea L.)
title_sort effect of fruit load on oil yield components and dynamics of fruit growth and oil accumulation in olive olea europaea l
topic Olea europaea
Aceituna
Aceite de Oliva
Carácter de Rendimiento
Olives
Olive Oil
Yield Components
Arbequina
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/23620
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1161030110000031
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eja.2010.01.002
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