Xylella fastidiosa, the deadly disease-causing bacterium that has already wiped out millions of plants of emblematic Mediterranean crops, like grapevines, olive-trees and almond-trees, by clogging ...

A recent study has unveiled the genetic blueprint behind flowering time in olive trees, a crucial trait for fruit production that is increasingly under threat from climate change. By analyzing 318 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. STORY: Harvesting is underway on the slopes of this olive grove. But this isn't a southern European country, as you might expect.

A farmer shows olives bearing the effects of drought (R) near Jaen in southern Spain – Copyright POOL/AFP/File Jennifer Buchanan Olive oil producers are improving ...

Wolsey, Ed.D., is an international literacy consultant and a graduate of the University of San Diego and San Diego State University. He is the owner of an olive grove in Spain, where he lives. Three ...

Few living organisms on Earth have witnessed as much history as the olive tree. Across Greece and the Mediterranean, ancient olive trees have survived wars, invasions, earthquakes, droughts, wildfires ...

Hungary's warming climate suits olive trees, says wine maker Spain's olive oil production hit by droughts, heatwaves Olive groves flourishing further north in Europe HEGYMAGAS, Hungary, Oct 9 (Reuters ...

CSIC evaluates the different scenarios in which the global epidemic of ‘Xylella fastidiosa’ transmitted by insects known as leafhoppers develops Climate determines the area in which these diseases can ...

Olive oil producers are improving irrigation and seeking new varieties of olives to safeguard production as climate change upends harvests, causing prices of the staple of the Mediterranean diet to ...