Increased Olive Oil Yield and Improved Olive Oil Quality Characteristics

Agrology Success Stories – Increased Olive Oil Yield and Improved Olive Oil Quality Characteristics

Through Agrology Success Stories in Greece and Abroad, it is proven that the superior quality and integrated innovative technologies of Agrology’s Functional Crop Nutrition^® products, make a difference in crops from the very first applications!

Our goal is to demonstrate that Agrology’s Functional Crop Nutrition^® Programs are a profitable investment for farmers, as the financial benefits exceed the extra cost of supplemental applications!

One such Success Story was carried out in Olives for Oil production (SS_2025_249_GR) in 2025, in collaboration with the Commercial Store of Agricultural Supplies and Nutrimaster^® “Agrotechniki Chanion”, in the region of Chania, Crete. Throughout the process, the farmer benefited from the continuous guidance and support offered by Agrology’s Technical Department and the collaborating agricultural store.

The crop area was divided into two equal plots, one was used as Control, while Agrology’s Program was applied to the other plot. In both plots, the farmer used the same plant protection and plant nutrition-fertilization program, apart from additional applications with Agrology’s Functional Crop Nutrition^® products.

Identity of Success Story

• Cultivation Period: 2025
• Location: Kissamos, Chania
• Nutrimaster^®: Agrotechniki Chanion
• Farmer: Nikos Fountoulakis
• Cultivation: Olives for Oil Production
• Variety: Koroneiki
• Success Story area: 0.4 +0. 2 ha (Agrology + Control)
• Plant Protection Program: Common to the entire area

Success Story Goals

By applying Agrology’s Functional Crop Nutrition^® products during specific growth stages, the farmer can achieve significant agronomic benefits for the crop.

The main Objectives of this Success Story were as follows:

1. Increase in Total Olive Oil Production
2. Increase in Oil Content
3. Improvement in Olive Oil Quality and Organoleptic Characteristics

Agrology Functional Crop Nutrition^® Program – Olives for Oil

Functional Crop Nutrition Program^® – Agrology Supplementary Applications

Products

Natural Metabolic Catalysts, Amino Acids, and Trace Elements, activated with the E²DA technology aiming at:

• Cell Divisions Increase
• Increasing Fruit Size & Weight
• Increasing Fruit Size & Weight Uniformity

Application timing

• Fruit set

Recommended Dosage:

Foliar application – 100 cc/100lt

Silicium (Si) Biostimulant, with high availability of Orthosilicic acid, the only assimilable form of Silicium by plants (92% w/w SiO₂).

• It promotes photosynthesis and enhances Water and Nutrient Use Efficiency.
• Increases resistance to both abiotic and biotic stress factors, including thermal stress, water stress, salinity, and toxicity of elements.
• Enhances production and improves its quality.
• Facilitates the absorption of macronutrients such as Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Potassium.

Application timing:

• Fruit Development (Late June – Early July)
• Pit Hardening (Early August)

Recommended Dosage

Foliar application – 1,8 Kg/100lt

Oligosaccharides Biostimulant enriched with 20 different free L-Amino acids of enzymatic hydrolysis, Laminarin and Fucoidan along with Uronic acids of refined Laminaria digitata & Ascophyllum nodosum extracts. Further enhanced by the integration of the E²DA^® Technology along with Calcium, Magnesium, Zinc, Boron & Vitamin C.

• Promotion of Early Production
• Fruit Color Enhancement
• Increase in Oil Content
• Improvement of fruit Organoleptic and Quality characteristics
• Plant Resistance Improvement to Abiotic Stresses

Application timing

• Pit Hardening (Early August)
• Fruit Ripening

Recommended Dosage:

Foliar – 400 cc/100lt

Success Story Results

Measurements on both plots revealed impressive results in the Agrology treatment. Specifically, the results were as follows:

1. Increase in Oil Content by 10%

• Agrology: 17.6%
• Control: 16%

2. Increase in Total Olive Oil Production by 15.8% (+150 kg/ha)

• Agrology: 1.1 t/ha
• Control: 0.95 t/ha

3. Improvement of Olive Oil Quality Characteristics

• Acidity: Reduced by 2%. The lower the acidity, the higher the quality of the olive oil.
• Peroxide Value: Reduced by 13.8%. The peroxide value indicates the level of oxidation in olive oil. A lower peroxide value translates into greater stability and longer shelf life.
• Total Sterols: Increased by 12%. Sterols are naturally occurring components of olive oil and serve as key indicators of its authenticity and quality. The Agrology Program recorded a sterol content of 1.417 mg/kg, a very high value that provides strong evidence of olive oil authenticity.

4. Improvement of Olive Oil Organoleptic Characteristics

• Fruitiness: 9.3% improvement. A higher value indicates greater freshness, more intense and vibrant fruity aromas, and potentially earlier harvesting.
• Pungency: 8.1% improvement. The Agrology Program achieved the highest score (4.0), indicating a higher phenolic content and a longer-lasting pungent finish.

Results’ Synopsis

Farmer’s Financial Benefit

The increase in olive oil production of 150 kg/ha contributed to the increase of the farmer’s income.

Obtain detailed information on Agrology’s Functional Crop Nutrition^® Programs by the specialized staff of Agrology.

For further information, please contact us at: global@agrology.eu

“This experiment was conducted under specific field conditions and should not be applied as a standard without the guidance of an Agronomist or the Agrology Technical Department. In any case, Agrology Functional Crop Nutrition^® products and programs must be applied according to the label or the instructions of the technician-agronomists.”