This work investigates the relationships between leaf traits and olive response to water stress through two complementary field experiments in order screen genotypes for drought tolerance. The first experiment consisted of phenotyping 32 varieties 11 morpho-physiological during a fruit set phase under well-watered conditions. In second experiment, yield vegetative responses five representative ...

Leaf water potential (') and leaf conductance (gl) were measured in the field in 20-year-old olive trees subjected to two treatments of soil water content (dry-farming and drip-irrigation). Differences between treatments of up to 0.35 MPa were observed in predawn , values. At midday, these differences were of up to 0.83 MPa. However, no significant differences between treatments were observed i...

Agro-industrial wastes possess highly-valuable bioactive compounds. Recently, they have been taken into account as an alternative source that can be used raw material for various industries. Such approach help to reduce both production cost and pollution load. In this study, the usability of pomegranate peels olive leaves, defined agricultural industrial residues, a combined tanning agent in le...

This work was made with mature ‘Manzanilla’ olive trees in an orchard of a semi-arid area in southern Spain. Three water treatments were considered: Rainfed, in which the trees had rainfall as the only source of water supply; FAO, in which the trees were under localized irrigation to replace the crop water demand, with some roots left in drying soil; Pond, in which the whole rootzones of the tr...

Abstract—Heat transfer of leaves is a crucial factor in optimal operation of metabolic functions in plants. In order to quantify this phenomenon in different leaves and investigate the influence of leaf shape on heat transfer, natural convection for pine, orange and olive leaves was simulated as representatives of different groups of leaf shapes. CFD techniques were used in this simulation with...

Background: The steroidal alkaloids incurring great interest because of their various pharmacological properties that isolated from various species. The aim of this investigation has been to studying of the effects of Steroidal alkaloids isolated from olive leaf on cerebral ischemic – induced inury on rats. Materials and methods: In this experimental study, 48 male wistar rats divided to s...

The leaves of the olive plant (Olea europaea) are rich in polyphenols, of which oleuropein and hydroxytyrosol (HT) are most characteristic. Such polyphenols have been demonstrated to favourably modify a variety of cardiovascular risk factors. The aim of the present intervention was to investigate the influence of olive leaf extract (OLE) on vascular function and inflammation in a postprandial s...