Fruit and Nut Information

All of the Categories by Fruits & Nuts : Olive

Centers and Programs

• UC Davis Olive Center
Includes 'Best Practices' for growers & oil processors, ongoing research program, UC resources and consumer information

General Sources

• Olive Oil: Organic Olive Production Manual
Paul M. Vossen, UCCE Sonoma Co., 2007 (112 pp.). UC ANR Pub. 3505. Link to ANR Catalog for purchase
• Olive Production Manual - 2nd Edition
G. Steven Sibbett, UCCE Tulare Co.and Louise Ferguson, UCCE Dept. Plant Sciences, UC Davis. 2005 (118 pp.) UC ANR Pub. 3483. Link to ANR Catalog for purchase

Newsletters & Blogs: Farm Advisors - Current Topics

• Crop Currents - Alameda and Contra Costa Counties
Newsletter from Janet Caprile, Farm Advisor, Alameda and Contra Costa Counties. Primarily cherry, stone fruit, olive, walnut and grape
• Kern Citrus & Subtropical Fruit - Kern County
Newsletter from Craig Kallsen, Kern County Farm Advisor
• Olive Notes (2011-2012) - Solano county
Newsletter from Carolyn DeBuse, Farm Advisor Emeritus, Solano County
• Olive Notes - Tulare County
Newsletter by Elizabeth Fichtner, Farm Advisor, Tulare County
• Orchard Notes - Lake and Medocino Counties
Newsletter from Rachel Elkins, Farm Advisor, Lake and Medocino counties. Focus on walnut and pear
• Pomology Notes - Sutter and Yuba Counties
Newsletter by Franz Niederholzer, Farm Advisor, Sutter-Yuba Counties. Topics in tree crop production, principally almond and prune.
• The Pomology Post - Madera County
Newsletter from Brent Holtz, Farm Advisor, Madera County. Topics in tree crop production, including farm safety, irrigation, pest management. Nut crops including almond, stone fruit.
• Topics in Subropics - Blog
A collaborative blog by UC Farm Advisors and Specialists in subtropical horticulture in California.
• Topics in Subtropics Newsletter - Nine counties in which subtropicals can be grown
Newsletter from the Subtropical Tree Crop Farm Advisors spanning nine counties in California.

non-University of California Resources

• Crop Profile for Olives in California (pdf)
National Science Foundation Center for IPM. 1999 (14 pp.)
• Olive Oil (Olea europaea L.)
Center for New Crops and Plants Products, Purdue University

Organizations

• California Olive Industry
Fresno, CA
• California Olive Oil Council
Berkeley, CA

Production Economics

• Olive Oil: A Rediscovered California Crop (pdf)
Olga Senise Barrio and Hoy Carman, Dept. of Ag. and Resource Economics, UC Davis. 2005 (21 pp.) in Agricultural and Resource Economics Vol.8 No. 5.

Production Management

• Epidemiology & Management of Olive Knot Disease
UC Research: this project addresses this disease in California. Elizabeth Fichtner and Bruce Kirkpatrick
• Growth Regulators in Orchard Mgt: Technical Reports for Olive: 2006 to 2011
Kitren Glozer, Dept. of Plant Sciences, UC Davis. Several antioxidants were evaluated as treatments to minimize bruising damage caused by mechanical harvesting
• Mechanical Harvesting of California Table Olives
University of California website presenting the 5-year research program. Project leader: Louise Ferguson, UCCE Dept. of Plant Sciences UC Davis
• Olive Day 2006: Nutrient Considerations for Olives (PowerPoint to pdf)
Joseph Connell, UCCE Butte Co. 32-slide presentation
• Olive Fact Sheet
• Olive Fruit Fly: Information & References
PowerPoint presentations and leaflets by UC researchers
• Olive Knot: Pseudomonas syringae, pv. savastoni (PowerPoint to pdf)
William Krueger, UCCE Glenn Co. 2000. 23-slide presentation
• Olive Maturity Index Calculator
Paul Vossen, UCCE Sonoma Co. 2006. download the interactive calculator in Microsoft Excel format
• Olive Maturity Index explained (pdf)
Paul Vossen, UCCE Sonoma Co., 2006 (2 pp.)
• Olive Production Management Resources
Paul Vossen, UCCE Farm Advisor, Sonoma Co. Guidelines, publications & seminar and seminars, including Olive For Oil UC short course presentations
• Olive Spray Thinning Guidelines (pdf)
G. Steven Sibbett, UCCE Tulare Co. and William Krueger, UCCE, Glenn Co.1998 (3 pp.) ANR Pub. 7238
• Patch Budding: A Convenient Method for for Top-Working Olives (pdf)
William Krueger, Zachary Heath and Dominic DeLeonardis, UCCE Glenn Co. 2004 (6 pp.) ANR Publicaton 8115
• Physiological Disorder Fact Sheets: Apple, Grape, Olive, Pear, Persimmon, Pomegranate, Stonefruit
Carlos Crisosto, (ed.) Dept. of Plant Sciences, UC Davis, UC Postharvest Technology Research and Information Center
• Recommendations for Maintaining Postharvest Quality: Olive
Carlos H. Crisosto, Elizabeth J. Mitcham, and Adel A. Kader Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis
• UC IPM Pest Management Guidelines: Olive
UC IPM Online
• UC IPM Pest Management Guidelines: Olive Fruit Fly
UC IPM Online

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