Olive trees, to me, are an intrinsic part of the character, look and feel of the undulating landscape of the Mediterranean. Alongside grapevines, they’re everywhere in Italy, Spain, France, and ...
An olive tree affected by Xylella fastidiosa, with visual symptoms of chlorosis and defoliation. Courtesy: Juan A. Navas-Cortes Europe’s olive trees are succumbing to a bacterium spread by sap-feeding ...
The slow growth of olive trees forces us to look to the future and consider what kind of world we are leaving our descendants. Pope Benedict XVI plants an olive tree with Israeli President Shimon ...