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Palestinian Olive harvest in 2014. Olive trees are a major agricultural crop in the Palestinian territories, where they are mostly grown for olive oil production. It has been estimated that olive production accounted for 57% of cultivated land in the Palestinian territories with 7.8 million fruit-bearing olive trees in 2011. [1]
Olea oleaster, the wild-olive, has been considered by various botanists a valid species and a subspecies [1] of the cultivated olive tree, Olea europea, which is a tree of multiple origins [2] that was domesticated, it now appears, at various places during the fourth and third millennia BCE, in selections drawn from varying local populations. [3]
On Tu BiShvat, the Jewish holiday known as the New Year for Trees, olive trees hold a special significance along with other fruit-bearing trees. [92] Olive trees are among the seven species (shiv'at haminim) that are traditionally associated with the Land of Israel's fertility and abundance. [93] [94] [95]
Also called the Amphissis. This is a common Greek table olive grown in Amfissa, Central Greece near the oracle of Delphi. Amfissa olives enjoy protected designation of origin (PDO) status, and are equally good for olive oil extraction. The olive grove of Amfissa, which consists of 1,200,000 olive trees is a part of a protected natural landscape.
The OCHA report said around 600 mainly olive trees have been burnt, vandalised or stolen by settlers since the start of the harvest. It included a picture of a Palestinian man standing next to an ...
The olive tree and olive oil are mentioned seven times in the Quran, [71] and the olive is praised as a precious fruit. Olive tree and olive oil health benefits have been propounded in prophetic medicine. Muhammad is reported to have said: "Take oil of olive and massage with it – it is a blessed tree" (Sunan al-Darimi, 69:103).
Among the olive cultivars used for pollination are the Picholine, Corniale and Grossane. [1] It is vulnerable to certain biological pests, in particular the Bactrocera oleae (Olive fruit fly), Prays oleae and Saissetia oleae. [8] It is also sensitive to soil salinity, but has a high resistance to cold. [9]
Fires caused by Israeli shelling in south Lebanon have burned some 40,000 olive trees and torched hundreds of square km (miles) of land, dealing a serious blow to a major Lebanese crop, the ...
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