Olive Oil Production and Olive Tree Reproductive Cycle Quiz
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What are the factors affecting fruit and oil qualities?

  • Soil type, water pH, and harvesting method
  • Olive tree age, leaf color, and irrigation frequency
  • Climate, cultivar choice, and farming practices (correct)
  • Pesticide use, fertilizer type, and tree height

    • Which part of the olive contains the highest oil content?

  • Epicarp (outer skin)
  • Mesocarp (containing 90-95% oil) (correct)
  • Endocarp (inner seed)
  • Stem and leaves

    • How is olive harvesting primarily carried out?

  • By employing animals to pick the olives
  • Manually (picking or combing) or mechanically (combing, aspirating, shaking) (correct)
  • By using drones for precision harvesting
  • By using chemical agents to accelerate fruit ripening

    • How is oil separation primarily carried out?

    <p>By pressure (open press, continuous press), by centrifugation (three-phased with decanter and centrifugal separators or two-phased with decanter), and by percolation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How is olive oil quality guaranteed?

    <p>By the wording PDO and 'Made in Italy'</p> Signup and view all the answers

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