Publications
UC Davis Olive Information
The UC Fruit and Nut Research and Information Center contains the latest information on Olives
Diane Barrett
Dudoit, Mathilde and Diane M. Barrett. October 1999. Olive texture as influenced by harvest date, brine storage conditions and lye treatment. Research report to the California Olive Association. 10 pp.
Louis Ferguson
Developing an Ecologically Based Management System for Olive Fruit FlyGrowing Olives for Oil
Karen Klonsky
The Olive Harvest (with George C. Martin and Louise Ferguson). In: Olive Production Manual. Louise Ferguson, G. Steven Sibbett and George C. Martin (technical editors). Oakland: University of California, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources Publication 3353, April 1994.Mechanical Harvesting of Olives: Does It Pay?
Ongoing Mechanical Harvester Efficiency Evaluations: 2001 Season
Bill Krueger
Establishing and Training Manzanillo Table Olives for Mechanical Harvest - William H. Krueger, Louise Ferguson, Stan Cutter, Antonio IsernVito Polito
Gratton, S.R., M.J. Berenguer, J.H. Connell, V.S. Polito, P.M. Vossen. 2006. Olive oil production as influenced by different quantities of applied water. Agric. Water Management 85: 133-140.Cuevas, J., A.J. Díaz-Hermoso, D. Galián, J.J. Hueso, V. Pinillos, M. Prieto, D. Sola & V.S. Polito. 2001. Response to cross pollination and choice of pollinisers for the olive cultivars (Olea europaea L.) 'Manzanilla de Sevilla,' `Hojiblanca' and 'Picual.' Olivae 85:26-32.
Cuevas, J. and V.S. Polito. 1997. Compatibility relationships in 'Manzanillo' olive. HortScience 32: 1056-1058.
Fabbri, A. J. I. Hormaza, and V.S. Polito. 1995. Identification and patterns of relatedness among olive (Olea europaea L.) cultivars determined using RAPD markers. J. Amer. Soc. Hortic. Sci. 120:538-542.
Frank Zalom
Daane, K. M., R. E. Rice, F. G. Zalom, W. W. Barnett, and M. W. Johnson. 2005. Arthropod pests of olive, G. S. Sibbett and L. Ferguson, eds., Olive production manual, second edition Univ. Calif. Div. Agric. Nat. Res. Publ. 3353 pp. 105-114.Zalom, F. G., R. A. Van Steenwyk, and H. J. Burrack. 2004. Olive Fruit Fly Pest Notes. Univ. calif. Div. Agric. Nat. Res. Publ. 74112 4 pp.

