Olive Propagation Manual

(Paperback)

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This manual is intended as a practical guide underpinned with scientific principles for growers, olive propagators, teachers and students. It aims to give extended information on seed germination, rooting of cuttings and grafting and micropropagation of the olive tree. Each topic has a detailed description of the procedures, a discussion on the advantages and disadvantages of the techniques and a description of materials and equipment used. The book is easy to read and use, with procedures illustrated in every step by photographs and drawings. While it is aimed at the grower, the book also provides some in-depth information on the physiology of the described processes for the more advanced reader. This information is presented separately so that readers can skip it without feeling any loss in the understanding of the basics.

Reviews

"In style, this new release is in the best sense plain. The flower and fruit biology of the olive, its propagation by cutting, grafting and in-vitro techniques, and nursery requirements are clearly and fully explained. For agricultural science students, cultivators and the seriously green-fingered."--The Australian
"This book is for the serious olive grower."--Earth Garden
"This book should be useful to anyone with olive propagation, as it appears to include all the information necessary to set up and run an olive nursery."--Experimental Agriculture

Author Bio

Andrea Fabbri is Full Professor of Arboriculture and Pomology at the University of Parma, Faculty of Agriculture. A large part of his professional activity has been focused on research and teaching on olive, in various laboratories and universities in Italy and California. His main olive research subjects have been physiology and anatomy of adventitious rooting in cuttings, flower biology, freezing injury, systematic pomology (biomolecular characterisation), organic cultivation, ecophysiology. His research papers have been published on the most important horticultural scientific journals. He is presently involved in the development of olive cultivation in cold areas of Northern Italy. Giorgio Bartolini is Head Researcher at the "Istituto per la Valorizzazione del Legno e delle Specie Arboree" (Trees and Timber Institute) of the National Research Council (CNR) of Florence, Italy. His activity has been focused on research concerning woody plants propagation by cuttings of olive, peach, grapevine, etc.; management of an international data bank (world olive germplasm); individuation of morphological and molecular markers for cultivar characterisation in O.europaea; study of gene expression induced by low temperature. He participates in joint research projects with research institutes and universities of Italy, California and Spain. He is author or co-author of many research papers published in International Journals, books and in proceedings of International Congresses and Symposia. Maurizio Lambardi is a Researcher at the "Istituto per la Valorizzazione del Legno e delle Specie Arboree" (Trees and Timber Institute) of the National Research Council (CNR) of Florence, Italy. He is also Professor of Woody Plant Biotechnology and Micropropagation at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Faculty of Agriculture. He has wide-ranging expertise on woody plant micropropagation and biotechnology. His main areas of research on the olive have concerned tissue culture (organogenesis, somatic embryogenesis), genetic transformation by biolistic, germplasm preservation by slow growth storage and cryopreservation. He is the author or co-author of over 90 scientific papers and reviews, published in leading International Journals, books, proceedings of International Congresses and Symposia. Stan Kailis is Professorial Fellow at The University of Western Australia in the School of Plant Biology. His antecendents came from the Dodecanese Island, Megisti. His interests focus on quality aspects of olive. He is particularly interested in the propagation of olive varieties such as Kalamata, Konservolia, Leccino and Manzanilla. Stan has made presentations on olive at national and international forums. He has published numerous research papers in national and international journals. He has conducted numerous schools and workshops in Australia on olive growing, olive oil and table olive production, organoleptic evaluation of olive products and olive propagation.