Olive Cultivation under Desert Conditions: Opportunities and Challenges - Session 2
Convener: Arnon Dag, ARO/Volcani
More than 90% of olives are grown around the Mediterranean Basin. Due to climate change, there has been a strong fluctuation in the productivity of those orchards over the last decade. This phenomenon causes a shortage of olive oil and a dramatic increase in its price. The desert area may serve as a promising area for expanding the olive orchard area to address the increased demand for olive oil. The dry climate, hot summer, and cold winter are favorable conditions for growing this crop. In this session we proposed to include the following topics; growing olives in ancient times in the Negev Desert, optimization of irrigation and fertilization, remote and proximate sensing to assess orchard functioning, using low-quality water for irrigation, improving orchard’s soil quality, response to warmer winters, plant protection, olive oil quality and table olive production. Those topics will give the audience a wide spectrum of the challenges and opportunities in expanding olive orchards to desert areas.
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- Olive Cultivation under Desert Conditions: Opportunities and Challenges - Session 2
1) Dr. Peter S. Searles – Keynote Presentation
Centro Regional de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia Tecnológica de Anillaco, Argentina
Responses of Olive Tree Water Status and Reproductive Development to Deficit Irrigation and Warming in an Arid Region
- Olive Cultivation under Desert Conditions: Opportunities and Challenges - Session 2
2) Prof. Alon Samach
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Navigating Flowering Instability in Olive Cultivation under Desert Conditions: Physiological Mechanisms and Predictive Modeling
- Olive Cultivation under Desert Conditions: Opportunities and Challenges - Session 2
3) Dr. Giora Ben Ari
Agricultural Research Organization (ARO)/Volcani, Israel
High Temperature Environment Reduces Pollen Viability, Olive Oil yield and Quality
- Olive Cultivation under Desert Conditions: Opportunities and Challenges - Session 2
4) Dr. Ran Erel
Agricultural Research Organization (ARO)/Volcani, Israel
A Climate-Sensitive Physiological Disorder that Impairs Fruit Calcium Transport Threatens Olive Oil Quality
- Olive Cultivation under Desert Conditions: Opportunities and Challenges - Session 2
5) Dr. Yizhar Tugendhaft
IBOAA -Israel Bio-Organic Agriculture Association, Israel
Intensive Olive Cultivation in the Negev Desert 30 Years Perspective
- Olive Cultivation under Desert Conditions: Opportunities and Challenges - Session 2
6) Mr. Yuval Chen
Arid Land and Crop Specialist, Israel
Introduction of Olive Cultivation, Rajasthan, India
