Bibliothèque de L'IMIST/CNRST

Due to the adverse stress conditions typical of olive cultivation in desert conditions, the olive tree is responding with production of high levels of antioxidant substances. Among these substances are polyphenols, tocopherols, and phytosterols. Studies have shown that saline irrigated varieties of olives have demonstrated advantages over those irrigated with tap water. This is just one of the aspects of desert cultivation of olives that is covered in Desert Olive Oil Advanced Biotechnologies. Based on 20 years of research, the book expounds on the appropriate selection of olive varieties wi.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Front Cover; Desert Olive Oil Cultivation; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Part 1: Introduction to Desert Olive Oil; Chapter 1: The current status of and major trends in the world olive oil industry; Chapter 2: Why olives and deserts?; Chapter 3: Key characteristics of the desert environment; Chapter 4: The history of olive oil cultivation in the desert; Part 2: Biotechnologies and Olive Oil Cultivation; Chapter 5: Environmentally friendly desert agro-biotechnologies; 5.1 The soils of the Negev Desert; 5.2 Irrigation in the Negev Desert.