@article{article_385090, title={The Effect of Different Irrigation Levels on The Vegetative Growth and Yield of Olive (Olea europaea L., cv. Memecik)}, journal={Reserach Journal of Agricultural Sciences}, pages={33–39}, year={2010}, author={Aşık, Şerafettin and Çamoğlu, Gökhan and Akkuzu, Erhan and Kaya, Ünal and Şahin, Mustafa}, keywords={Olive, Memecik, drip irrigation, yield, vegetative growth}, abstract={Although olive trees are resilient to Mediterranean climatic that water is insufficient, its yield has increased with irrigation up to a degree. In this study, it was investigated the effects of different irrigation levels on the yield and vegetative growth parameters in Memecik olive variety that is widely grown in Turkey. A field experiment with seven different irrigation levels was established in the Memecik olive plantation irrigated by drip irrigation in Bornova Olive Research Institute in 2007 and 2008 irrigation season. The seven irrigation treatments with 5 days intervals were implemented: a control treatment was irrigated with 100% field capacity, and other six ones were based on Class A pan factors that ranged from 0.0 (rain-fed) to 1.25 in increments of 0.25. As a result, yield and shoot length, shoot diameter, number of inflorescence at a shoot and canopy volume from vegetative growth parameters varied significantly depending on different irrigation levels applied. According to two years research data, it can be suggested that S0.50 should be applied in terms of both the yield and water savings and the periodicity.}, number={2}, publisher={Anatolia Bilim Akademisi}