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PJB-2025-265

Assessment of morphological and yield traits of promising olive (Olea europaea L.) varieties for cultivation in the highland agro-ecological zone of Balochistan

Parvez Jan, Abdul Latif, Zaheer Ahmed, Khatir Ali, Ahsan Akram, Javed Ahmed Abro and Muhammad Askani
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Olive cultivation has gained popularity in Pakistan in past decade due to its value for table use and oil extraction whereas, Balochistan is considered suitable for the olive cultivation. The study was carried out at Balochistan Agriculture Research and Development Centre (BARDC), aimed to assess four olive variety i.e., Arbosana, Leccino, Arbiquina, Pendolino, for potential yield and adaptability of the olive production under climatic condition of Quetta. key morphological and yields traits observed included, trunk girth, plant height, canopy spread, fruit girth, fruit length, fruit weight per plant and oil percentage. It was notable that, Pendolino displayed excellent canopy spread and plant height 3.115 and 3.3 m respectively, moreover var. Leccino and var. Pendolino showed excellent fruit development, as shown by length (both 2 cm), and girth (1.6 and 1.5 cm) alongwith highest weight of fruit per plant, 5 and 7 kg while minimum fruit weight per plant was found in Arbiquina (2.75 kg), respectively. Oil content was found to be maximum in Leccino 15 % and minimum in Arbosana 12.4%. Variety Leccino along with Pendolino were found to be best performing varieties in terms of morphological and yields traits under Agro-Ecological zone of Quetta.The research is beneficial to olive growers and researchers about determining appropriate cultivar to be used in that area. In the same way, the outcome was a benchmark on future varietal improvement and olive cultivation in Balochistan.

 

To Cite this article: Jan, P., A. Latif, Z. Ahmed, K. Ali, A. Akram, J.A. Abro and M. Askani. 2026. Assessment of morphological and yield traits of promising olive (Olea europaea L.) varieties for cultivation in the highland agro-ecological zone of Balochistan. Pak. J. Bot., 58(6): DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.30848/PJB2026-6(15)  
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