Improvement of Quality Characteristics in Table Olives

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Agrology Success Stories: Improvement of Quality Characteristics in Table Olives

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

Our goal is to demonstrate that Agrology’s 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 Τable Οlive cultivation in Kavala (SS 2025_273_GR), in collaboration with the Commercial Store of Agricultural Supplies and Nutrimaster® “Geoponiko Kentro Kazakou Dimitra”, in 2025. 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 Crop Nutrition products.

Identity of Success Story

  • Cultivation Period: 2025
  • Location: Nea Karvali, Kavala
  • Nutrimaster®: Geoponiko Kentro Kazakou Dimitra
  • Farmer: Polichronis Tsentemidis
  • Cultivation: Table Olive, var. Chalkidiki
  • Success Story area: 0.8 + 0.2 ha (Agrology + Control)
  • Plant protection: Same for the entire area

Success Stories Objectives 

By applying Agrology’s 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. Fruit Size and Weight Increase
  2. Improvement in plant vigor

Agrology Crop Nutrition Program – Table Olives

Picture 1. Agrology Crop Nutrition Program – Table Olives
Picture 1. Agrology Crop Nutrition Program – Table Olives

Agrology Crop Nutrition Program – Supplementary Applications

Products

Protonic Quattro Logo
BIO Farming Logo - ladybug

Holistic Biostimulant containing 50% extracts of Laminaria digitata and Ascophyllum nodosum algae, along with a 20% mixture of L-amino acid hydrolyzed proteins. It is further fortified with Molybdenum (Mo), Cobalt (Co), and Carboxylic Acids.

  • Fruit-setting Enhancement
  • Fortifies the plant against (a)biotic stresses
  • Promotes Vegetative development

Application timing

  • At Fruit Set
  • At Fruit Growth

Recommended Dosage:

Foliar application – 1 L/ha

XAct Pro Fort_SC logo

A nanotechnology formulation of Nano-Cu & Nano-Zn particles enhanced with Boron (B) and Molybdenum (Mo) and further activated with E2DA® Technology.

  • Contains Copper (Cu) and Zinc (Zn), for their nutritional and antimicrobial properties
  • Covers both immediate and long-term Copper and Zinc needs (slow-released ions)
  • Utilizes the combined action of Mo – Zn – B – Ca
  • Promotion of photosynthesis
  • Enhancement of crop vigor
  • Fruit Firmness Enhancement

Application timings:

  • Fruit Development
  • 1 month Before Harvest

Recommended Dosage

  • Foliar – 0.75 L/KL

Success Story Results

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

  1. Increase in Fruit Size:

–Vertical Diameter: +4.3% (+1.02 mm)

  • Agrology: 25.12 mm
  • Control: 24.11 mm
Picture 2. Fruit Size (mm) – Vertical Diameter. With the application of Agrology Program, an increase in Fruit Size (Vertical Diameter) of 4.2% (+1.02 mm) was achieved compared to the control.
Picture 2. Fruit Size (mm) – Vertical Diameter. With the application of Agrology Program, an increase in Fruit Size (Vertical Diameter) of 4.2% (+1.02 mm) was achieved compared to the control.

–Horizontal Diameter: +8.1% (+2.69 mm)

  • Agrology: 35.79 mm
  • Control: 33.10 mm
Picture 3. Fruit Size (mm) – Horizontal Diameter. With the application of Agrology Program, an increase in Fruit Size (Horizontal Diameter) of 8.1% (+2.69 mm) was achieved compared to the control.
Picture 3. Fruit Size (mm) – Horizontal Diameter. With the application of Agrology Program, an increase in Fruit Size (Horizontal Diameter) of 8.1% (+2.69 mm) was achieved compared to the control.
Picture 4. Fruit Size – 10 fruits. Fruit Samples Agrology (above) and Control (below).
Picture 4. Fruit Size – 10 fruits. Fruit Samples Agrology (above) and Control (below).
Picture 5. With the application of the Agrology Program (right), 500 g of fruit corresponds to 46 olives, while in the control (left), 500 g is made up of 52 olives.
Picture 5.  With the application of the Agrology Program (right), 500 g of fruit corresponds to 46 olives, while in the control (left), 500 g is made up of 52 olives.

2. Increase in Fruit Weight: + 13.5% (+1.44 g)

  • Agrology: 12.07 g
  • Control: 10.63 g
Picture 6. Fruit Weight (g). With the application of Agrology Program, an increase in Fruit Weight of 13.5% (+1.44 g) was achieved compared to the control in Table Olives
Picture 6. Fruit Weight (g). With the application of Agrology Program, an increase in Fruit Weight of 13.5% (+1.44 g) was achieved compared to the control.
Picture 7. Samples of 30 fruits from the Agrology Program (right) and the control (left) in Table Olives
Picture 7. Samples of 30 fruits from the Agrology Program (right) and the control (left).

Results’ Synopsis

Picture 8. Synopsis of the Results in Table Olives
  Picture 8. Synopsis of the Results

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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.”