Studying Parameters Affecting Accumulation of Chilling Units Required for Olive Winter Flower Induction.

ABSTRACT: With global warming, mean winter temperatures are predicted to increase. Therefore, understanding how warmer winters will affect the levels of olive flower induction is essential for predicting the future sustainability of olive oil production under different climactic scenarios. Here, we studied the effect of fruit load, forced drought in winter, and different winter temperature regimes on olive flower induction using several cultivars. We show the necessity of studying trees with no previous fruit load as well as provide evidence that soil water content during winter does not significantly affect the expression of an FT-encoding gene in leaves and the subsequent rate of flower induction. We collected yearly flowering data for 5 cultivars for 9 to 11 winters, altogether 48 data sets. Anal

SUBMITTER: Engelen C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10143890 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature