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As a direct result of PRIMO, some 30,000 Bidni olive trees were grafted and planted, thereby setting the necessary groundwork for the creation of a niche industry. [35] The methodology behind this process consisted of several steps.
Aug 1, 2021 · The Bidnija olive grove (Iż-Żebbuġ tal-Bidnija - Bidni means olive in Maltese) comprises 20 veteran trees (Fig. 1A) located close to the village of Bidnija, 3 km north-west of the town of Mosta in northern Malta. DNA analyses have demonstrated that grafts from the Bidnija trees were clones (Mazzitelli et al., 2015), and were thought to be of ...
- Jonathan G.A. Lageard, Daniel Sultana, Francis Q. Brearley
- 2021
Aug 1, 2021 · DNA analyses have demonstrated that grafts from the Bidnija trees were clones (Mazzitelli et al., 2015), and were thought to be of the old indigenous Bidni variety (Farrugia, 2011, Mazzitelli et al., 2015). All the trees in the grove have been pollarded at a height of around 2 m, but several are now in more recumbent or collapsed growth forms ...
- Jonathan G.A. Lageard, Daniel Sultana, Francis Q. Brearley
- 2021
Aug 16, 2011 · Unlike the fruit from other varieties, Bidni trees allow the fruit to ripen on the tree even when subject to an attack. This variety is a vigorous grower of strong scaffold structure. The leaves are typically broad and short and the fruit is very small with a comparatively small stone.
Oct 4, 2024 · Since 2006, the Project for the Revival of the Indigenous Maltese Olive (PRIMO), launched led by renowned Bidni custodian Sammy Cremona, has led to two major olive groves of this local variety at Tas-Silġ, managed by Fr José De Bono and in Wardija, managed by the Grima family.
As a direct result of PRIMO, some 30,000 Bidni olive trees were grafted and planted, thereby setting the necessary groundwork for the creation of a niche industry. [35] The methodology behind this process consisted of several steps.
Islands showed that several trees were grafted, confirming that this technique has been known since ancient times [9,23]. In the present study, the evaluation of several aspects concerning the characteristics of the fruits, the acidic, phenolic, squalene and sterol compositions of the most representative
