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Table 6 Influence of ethephon on the total fat in the olives, the quantities of oil extracted, and their flow percentages during the olives ripening

From: Effect of ethephon application on the cellular maturity of Olea europaea L. and on the extractability of phenolic compounds in virgin olive oil

Samples

Total fat (g/100 g olive pulp)

Quantities of oil extracted (g/100 g olive pulp)

% of low

Control

Ethephon (N)

Ethephon (V)

Control

Ethephon (N)

Ethephon (V)

Control

Ethephon (N)

Ethephon (V)

09-September

4.3 ± 0.2

1.3 ± 0.2

30.4 ± 3.2

21-September

2.56 ± 0.35a

4.9 ± 0.5b

2.6 ± 0.4a

0.65 ± 0.05a

1.72 ± 0.2b

0.6 ± 0.07a

25.8 ± 4.2a

35.3 ± 0.7b

23.2 ± 1.3a

03-October

3.64 ± 0.2a

8.6 ± 0.3b

7.6 ± 0.2b

1.28 ± 0.03a

4.72 ± 0.15b

4.22 ± 0.14b

35.2 ± 1.2a

55.1 ± 0.6b

55.8 ± 0.7b

14-October

4.51 ± 0.33a

16.6 ± 0.5b

16.9 ± 1.2b

2.55 ± 0.3a

14.15 ± 0.1b

13.42 ± 0.86b

56.5 ± 3.3a

85.4 ± 3.7b

79.4 ± 3.9c

25-October

7.72 ± 0.4a

26.6 ± 0.5b

26.7 ± 0.2b

5.43 ± 0.25a

23.06 ± 0.22b

22.1 ± 0.28b

70.4 ± 0.5a

86.8 ± 0.9b

82.9 ± 1.8c

07-November

14.31 ± 0.43

11 ± 0.2

76.9 ± 1.2

19-November

18.03 ± 0.43

14.2 ± 0.45

78.8 ± 4.2

05-December

20.8 ± 0.51

17.12 ± 0.4

82.2 ± 1.1

  1. a, bValues followed by different letters are significantly different (P = 0.05)
  2. Ethephon (N): treatment at fruit set, ethephon (V): treatment at veraison