Long-term effects of row spacing on radiation interception, fruit characteristics and production of hedgerow olive orchard (cv. Arbequina)

In 2008, two experimental plots, oriented NS and EW, respectively, were established in Puebla de Montalbán, Toledo, Spain, at seven row spacings: 2.5, 2.75, 3.25, 3.75, 4.25, 4.75 and 5.0 m, all with same intra-row spacing of 1.3 m. Fruit characteristics (number, size and oil concentration) and an a...

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Main Authors: Gómez del Campo, María, Trentacoste, Eduardo Rafael, Connor, David J.
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Language:Inglés
Published: Elsevier 2020
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/7551
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0304423820304118
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scienta.2020.109583
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author Gómez del Campo, María
Trentacoste, Eduardo Rafael
Connor, David J.
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description In 2008, two experimental plots, oriented NS and EW, respectively, were established in Puebla de Montalbán, Toledo, Spain, at seven row spacings: 2.5, 2.75, 3.25, 3.75, 4.25, 4.75 and 5.0 m, all with same intra-row spacing of 1.3 m. Fruit characteristics (number, size and oil concentration) and an alternate bearing index were evaluated during years 3–11 after planting. Incident and intercepted canopy radiation were simulated with a mathematical model. During the first three harvests, fruit characteristics and oil production/tree were not significantly affected by row spacing such that both fruit and oil production/ha were directly related to tree density per ha. Subsequently, individual trees in the closer-spaced hedgerows developed fewer fruits (56 %), larger fruits (15 %) with greater oil concentration (3 %) than the more-spaced trees providing a partial compensation of fruit and oil production/ha. During 8–11 years after planting, when all hedgerows had similar structure, fruit (R2 = 0.86–0.93) and oil (R2 = 0.79–0.92) production/tree were strongly and linearly related to row spacing with differences between orientations that decreased markedly as spacing increased. Whereas fruit production/ha (R2 = 0.97–0.98) retained a linear response across all row widths, oil production/ha remained constant at the three closest spacings (2.50–3.25 m), then decreasing linearly (R2 = 0.84–0.98) to the widest spacing. Differences in oil yield between orientations at close spacing (2.9 and 2.5 t/ha, EW and NS, respectively) were lost at the widest spacing. Fruit but not oil production per orchard area was linearly related with spacing and intercepted radiation. A reduction of 1 m of spacing from 5.0 to 3.25 m increased interception by 12 % and oil production by 0.32 and 0.48 t oil/ha in NS and EW, respectively. When data from the two orientations were normalized and pooled in a single relationship, oil production increased linearly (R2 = 0.89) with interception to a maximum of 65 % (reached in spacing 3.6 m in NS and 3.3 m in EW) of incident radiation revealing the impact of lower transmission of radiation within closely spaced hedgerows.
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spelling INTA75512020-07-14T17:20:42Z Long-term effects of row spacing on radiation interception, fruit characteristics and production of hedgerow olive orchard (cv. Arbequina) Gómez del Campo, María Trentacoste, Eduardo Rafael Connor, David J. Olea europaea Variedades Espaciamiento Producción Cultivo entre Líneas Varieties Spacing Production Alley Cropping Olivo Variedad Arbequina In 2008, two experimental plots, oriented NS and EW, respectively, were established in Puebla de Montalbán, Toledo, Spain, at seven row spacings: 2.5, 2.75, 3.25, 3.75, 4.25, 4.75 and 5.0 m, all with same intra-row spacing of 1.3 m. Fruit characteristics (number, size and oil concentration) and an alternate bearing index were evaluated during years 3–11 after planting. Incident and intercepted canopy radiation were simulated with a mathematical model. During the first three harvests, fruit characteristics and oil production/tree were not significantly affected by row spacing such that both fruit and oil production/ha were directly related to tree density per ha. Subsequently, individual trees in the closer-spaced hedgerows developed fewer fruits (56 %), larger fruits (15 %) with greater oil concentration (3 %) than the more-spaced trees providing a partial compensation of fruit and oil production/ha. During 8–11 years after planting, when all hedgerows had similar structure, fruit (R2 = 0.86–0.93) and oil (R2 = 0.79–0.92) production/tree were strongly and linearly related to row spacing with differences between orientations that decreased markedly as spacing increased. Whereas fruit production/ha (R2 = 0.97–0.98) retained a linear response across all row widths, oil production/ha remained constant at the three closest spacings (2.50–3.25 m), then decreasing linearly (R2 = 0.84–0.98) to the widest spacing. Differences in oil yield between orientations at close spacing (2.9 and 2.5 t/ha, EW and NS, respectively) were lost at the widest spacing. Fruit but not oil production per orchard area was linearly related with spacing and intercepted radiation. A reduction of 1 m of spacing from 5.0 to 3.25 m increased interception by 12 % and oil production by 0.32 and 0.48 t oil/ha in NS and EW, respectively. When data from the two orientations were normalized and pooled in a single relationship, oil production increased linearly (R2 = 0.89) with interception to a maximum of 65 % (reached in spacing 3.6 m in NS and 3.3 m in EW) of incident radiation revealing the impact of lower transmission of radiation within closely spaced hedgerows. EEA Junín Fil: Gómez del Campo, María. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Departamento de Producción Agraria; España Fil: Trentacoste, Eduardo Rafael. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Departamento de Producción Agraria; España. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Junín; Argentina Fil: Connor, David J. University of Melbourne. School of Agriculture and Food; Australia 2020-07-14T17:08:12Z 2020-07-14T17:08:12Z 2020 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/7551 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0304423820304118 0304-4238 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scienta.2020.109583 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess application/pdf Elsevier Scientia Horticulturae 272 : 109583 (October 2020)
spellingShingle Olea europaea
Variedades
Espaciamiento
Producción
Cultivo entre Líneas
Varieties
Spacing
Production
Alley Cropping
Olivo
Variedad Arbequina
Gómez del Campo, María
Trentacoste, Eduardo Rafael
Connor, David J.
Long-term effects of row spacing on radiation interception, fruit characteristics and production of hedgerow olive orchard (cv. Arbequina)
title Long-term effects of row spacing on radiation interception, fruit characteristics and production of hedgerow olive orchard (cv. Arbequina)
title_full Long-term effects of row spacing on radiation interception, fruit characteristics and production of hedgerow olive orchard (cv. Arbequina)
title_fullStr Long-term effects of row spacing on radiation interception, fruit characteristics and production of hedgerow olive orchard (cv. Arbequina)
title_full_unstemmed Long-term effects of row spacing on radiation interception, fruit characteristics and production of hedgerow olive orchard (cv. Arbequina)
title_short Long-term effects of row spacing on radiation interception, fruit characteristics and production of hedgerow olive orchard (cv. Arbequina)
title_sort long term effects of row spacing on radiation interception fruit characteristics and production of hedgerow olive orchard cv arbequina
topic Olea europaea
Variedades
Espaciamiento
Producción
Cultivo entre Líneas
Varieties
Spacing
Production
Alley Cropping
Olivo
Variedad Arbequina
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/7551
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0304423820304118
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scienta.2020.109583
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