BEHAVIOUR OF SOME OLIVE VARIETIES IRRIGATED WITH BRACKISH WATER AND GROWN INTENSIVELY IN THE CENTRAL PART OF TUNISIA

The behaviour of thirteen local and introduced varieties of table and oil olive trees has been tested when submitted to an intensive regime and irrigated with brackish waters (4 g/l). The results achieved during these last nine years (1980–1988) show that irrigation allowed conducting olive a quick fruit setting and increasing production.