Combined sulfur and nitrogen foliar application increases extra virgin olive oil quantity without affecting its nutritional quality

Marcelić, Šime (avtor), Pasković, Igor (avtor), Pongrac, Paula (avtor)

This study investigates the effect of combined sulfur (S) and nitrogen (N) foliar fertilization on leaf S and N concentration, as well as on the growth of olive fruit and on the quantity and quality of olive oil, obtained from two olive cultivars ‘Istarska bjelica’ and ‘Leccino’ in two consecutive years. S and N are some of the most important nutrients, and both play a crucial role in plant oil production. The here-reported fertilization program significantly increased S concentration in leaves without affecting N concentration, which led to an increase in fruit yield and improvement of all fruit morphological parameters. The best oil yield per tree was obtained under the treatment with the highest S/N dose. Oil quality was not affected by S and N supply, and this allowed us to classify all our oil samples as extra virgin (EVOO). Regarding the content of total phenols (TPC) and composition of fatty acid methyl esters (FAME), they remained unaltered under the applied treatments. All investigated fruit morphological parameters, as well as fruit and oil yield, were highly cultivar-dependent. ‘Istarska bjelica’ was characterized as a cultivar with higher fruit mass and pulp percentage, while its stone parameters were lower than those of ‘Leccino’. Consequently, the extraction oil yield obtained from ‘Istarska bjelica’ fruits was much higher. Moreover, environmental conditions had a great impact on fruit and oil quantity. The here-obtained results led us to the conclusion that supply of S and N can enhance oil production without affecting its nutritional quality, a finding that could generate large long-term effects on economic growth in the olive oil sector.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: cv. ‘Istarska bjelica’, cv. ‘Leccino’, EVOO, Olea europaea L., S/N foliar fertilization, total phenolic content, olive fruit morphology, free fatty acid content, peroxide value
• Vrsta gradiva: Članek v reviji
• Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
• Organizacija: BF - Biotehniška fakulteta
• Status publikacije: Objavljeno
• Različica publikacije: Objavljena publikacija
• Leto izida: 2022
• Št. strani: 19 str.
• Številčenje: Vol. 8, iss. 3, art. 203
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-137246
• UDK: 581:543
• ISSN pri članku: 2311-7524
• DOI: 10.3390/horticulturae8030203
• COBISS.SI-ID: 98954755
• Datum objave v RUL: 08.06.2022

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: Horticulturae
• Skrajšan naslov: Horticulturae
• Založnik: MDPI
• ISSN: 2311-7524
• COBISS.SI-ID: 526326297

Licence

• Licenca: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva 4.0 Mednarodna
• Povezava: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.sl
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• Začetek licenciranja: 01.03.2022