Cultivation
Olive pollinator cultivar
Olea europaea L.
The olive is a predominantly wind-pollinated crop with pronounced self-incompatibility, which requires planting pollinator cultivars to ensure fruit set.
In the reference 162 varieties crop Olive, where this is mentioned in the description.
For Olea europaea, cross-pollination is of critical importance, as many cultivars exhibit varying degrees of self-incompatibility due to the inhibition of pollen tube growth during self-pollination. Even in self-fertile cultivars, the presence of pollinators significantly increases fruit set rates and overall yield.
When selecting pollinators, it is necessary to consider the synchronicity of flowering periods. Spatial isolation is an important factor: more than 95% of pollen settles within a radius of 40 meters from the source tree; therefore, the establishment of large monovarietal blocks is not recommended in commercial olive growing.
Pollination efficiency depends on the specific varietal combination; therefore, to ensure stable yields, multivarietal plantings are employed, incorporating several cultivars with confirmed biological compatibility.
General information about the subject — on the page Pollinizer variety.
Varieties of Olive mentioned in the description
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