Land management practices on tropical soils have been studied extensively during the past decades. However, assessments of their impact on field-scale spatial variability in crop performance are rare. A case of practices ...

Hedgerow systems, that have been established in various crops to facilitate mechanical harvesting to reduce costs and more rapid management, are a recent innovation in olive production. They were introduced two decades ago ...

The effect of row orientation on oil production and fruit characteristics was studied, during years 3–6 after planting of the super-high density olive hedgerows (1923 tree/ha) planted at the same row spacing (4 m) in four ...

The effect of row spacing on fruit characteristics and production was studied in two super-high density olive hedgerow orchards planted at three row spacings (5.0, 4.0 and 2.5 m) with the same intra-row tree spacing, one ...

In super-intensive hedgerows, vegetative vigor must be controlled to allow access to harvesting machinery, particularly under Argentina conditions in which olive trees display excessive vigor. During shoot growth (spring–early ...

Background: Understanding the role of agroecosystems as habitat for wildlife is crucial for long-term conservation planning, as different crop stratification and landscape elements can influence bird communities, which are ...

An model of distribution of irradiance within hedgerows is shown to explain well the distribution of fruit size and oil concentration, and less so fruit density, within a range of super-high density (SHD) rectangular olive ...

An analysis is presented of the response of olive oil production and quality parameters, viz. fatty acids (palmitic, oleic and linoleic acids), phenolic compounds and oxidative stability to hedgerow spacing and orientation ...