Lessons from Mediterranean olive domestication: keep wild relatives close by and do not “overselect”
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Green or purple, round or elongated, soft or hard, stuffed or not. Choosing table olives and olive oils can become an…
Green or purple, round or elongated, soft or hard, stuffed or not. Choosing table olives and olive oils can become an…
Common genetic admixture with wild populations shaped a continuous process of olive tree domestication.
On the contrary, the richness in the mono-unsaturated fatty acids of olive oil has been praised by many dietary studies. Among…
The Mediterranean olive tree (Olea europaea subsp. europaea) was one of the first trees to be domesticated and is currently of…