Olive Production Management Resources

Fruit, Nut and Grape Varieties for Home Orchards (pdf)

Ken R. Churches, UCCE Calaveras Co., and Lynn Wunderlich, UCCE El Dorado Co.2002 (5 pp.) UC Pub.EDA-1-02

Olive Knot: Pseudomonas syringae, pv. savastoni (PowerPoint to pdf)

William Krueger, UCCE Glenn Co. 2000. 23-slide presentation

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

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

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

Epidemiology & Management of Olive Knot Disease

UC Research: this project addresses this disease in California. Elizabeth Fichtner and Bruce Kirkpatrick

UC IPM Pest Management Guidelines: Olive

UC IPM Online

Olive Maturity Index explained (pdf)

Paul Vossen, UCCE Sonoma Co., 2006 (2 pp.)

UC IPM Pest Management Guidelines: Olive Fruit Fly

UC IPM Online

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 Maturity Index Calculator

Paul Vossen, UCCE Sonoma Co. 2006. download the interactive calculator in Microsoft Excel format

Olive Day 2006: Nutrient Considerations for Olives (PowerPoint to pdf)

Joseph Connell, UCCE Butte Co. 32-slide presentation

Recommendations for Maintaining Postharvest Quality: Olive

Carlos H. Crisosto, Elizabeth J. Mitcham, and Adel A. Kader Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis

Postharvest Publications and Presentations

A database containing over 1,400 articles and presentations authored by UC postharvest specialists, USDA postharvest researchers, and others. The database is organized by topic and searchable.

Olive Spray Thinning Guidelines (pdf)

G. Steven Sibbett, UCCE Tulare Co. and William Krueger, UCCE, Glenn Co.1998 (3 pp.) ANR Pub. 7238

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