Irrigation management can have a profound influence on olive oil production. We initiated a 2-year study in the spring of 2002 to identify the optimal level of applied water on a super high tree-density (spacing 1.5 m 3.9 m) olive (Olea europaea L.‘Arbequina I-18’) orchard. Irrigation water was applied by drip irrigation to produce different water-application treatments of 15, 25, 40, 57, 71, 8...
