“REMOVAL OF A 1 CM-WIDE RING OF BARK FROM THE TREE WHEN THE SAP IS ON THE FLOW. IT IS DESIGNED TO PREVENT THE SUBSTANCES ELABORATED BY THE PORTION OF GIRDLED BRANCH FROM BEING USED BY OTHER PARTS OF THE TREE. IT ENCOURAGES BUD DIFFERENTIATION (IF DONE FOR SOME TIME), FRUIT SET AND FRUIT DEVELOPMENT;”REMOVAL OF A 1 CM-WIDE RING OF BARK FROM THE TREE WHEN THE SAP IS ON THE FLOW. IT IS DESIGNED TO PREVENT THE SUBSTANCES ELABORATED BY THE PORTION OF GIRDLED BRANCH FROM BEING USED BY OTHER PARTS OF THE TREE. IT ENCOURAGES BUD DIFFERENTIATION (IF DONE FOR SOME TIME), FRUIT SET AND FRUIT DEVELOPMENT; HOWEVER, IT HALTS VEGETATIVE GROWTH, WHICH MEANS THAT THE GIRDLED PORTIONS BECOME EXHAUSTED, AND NUTRIENTS ARE LIMITED IN THE REST OF THE TREE.”
Flavour Discovery in the Olive Oil World: Menus of Change, CIA-Harvard in collaboration with the IOC
The Menus of Change conference, part of a joint initiative of the IOC and the Culinary Institute of America (CIA), took place in Hyde Park, New York City, from 14 to 16 June 2022. Breakout session B2 was on ‘Olive Oil and...
VISIT OF THE AMBASSADOR OF THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA TO THE IOC
On 23 June 2022, the Executive Director of the IOC (ED) welcomed H.E. Azzam Abdulkarim Al Qaim, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in Spain, together with the Director General of Agriculture of the Al-Jouf region,...