1.Abbott, L.K. and Murphy, D.V. 2007. What is soil biological fertility? In: soil biological
fertility: A key to sustainable land use in agriculture. Edited by: Abbott, L.K. and Murphy,
D.V. Springer, XII, 268p.
2.Aguilar, F.J., Gonzalez, P., Revilla, J., de Leon, J.J. and Porcel, O. 1997. Agricultural use of
municipal solid waste on tree and bush crops. J. Agr. Eng. Res. 67: 1. 73-79.
3.Alburquerque, J.A., Gonzalvez, J., Garcia, D. and Cegarra, J. 2004. Agrochemical
characterisation of ‘alperujo’, a solid by-product of the two-phase centrifugation method for
olive oil extraction. Bioresour. Technol. 91: 2. 195-200.
4.Alburquerque, J.A., Gonzalvez, J., Garcia, D. and Cegarra, J. 2006. Composting of a solid
olive-mill by-product (‘‘alperujo’’) and the potential of the resulting compost for cultivating
pepper under commercial conditions. Waste Manage. 26: 6. 620-626.
5.Alburquerque, J.A., Gonzalvez, J., García, D. and Cegarra, J. 2007. Effects of a compost made
from the solid by-product (“alperujo”) of the two-phase centrifugation system for olive oil
extraction and cotton gin waste on growth and nutrient content of ryegrass (Lolium perenne
L.). Bioresour. Technol. 98: 4. 940-945.
6.Altieri, R. and Esposito, A. 2010. Evaluation of the fertilizing effect of olive mill waste
compost in short-term crops. Int. Biodeterior. Biodegr. 64: 2. 124-128.
7.Arji, I. 2015. Determining of growth and yield performance in some olive cultivars in warm
conditions. Biol. Forum. Int. J. 7: 1. 1865-1870.
8.Banat, F., Pal, P., Jwaied, N. and Al-Rabadi, A. 2013. Extraction of olive oil from olive cake
using Soxhlet apparatus. Am. J. Oil Chem. Technol. 1: 4. 2326-6589.
9.Borja, R., Martin, A., Maestro, R., Alba, J. and Fiestas, J.A. 1992. Enhancement of the
anaerobic digestion of oil mill waste waters by removal of phenolic inhibitors. Process.
Biochem. 27: 231-7.
10.Chartzoulakis, K., Psarras, G., Vemmos, S., Loupassaki, M. and Bertaki, M. 2009. Leaf
mineral composition of olive varieties and their relation to yield and adaptation ability.
J. Plant Nutr. 32: 2063-2078.
11.Fernaandez-Escobar, R., Moreno, R. and Garcia-Creus, M. 1999. Seasonal changes of
mineral nutrients in olive leaves during the alternate-bearing cycle. Sci. Hort. 82: 1. 25-45.
12.Fernandez-Hernandez, A., Roig, A., Serramia, N., Garcia-Ortiz Civantos, C. and
Sanchez-Monedero, M.A. 2014. Application of compost of two-phase olive mill waste on olive
grove: Effects on soil, olive fruit and olive oil quality. Waste Manage. 34: 2. 1139-1147.
13.Garcia-Gomez, A., Roig, M. and Bernal, P. 2003. Composting of the solid fraction of olive
mill wastewater with olive leaves: organic matter degradation and biological activity.
Bioresourc. Technol. 86: 1. 59-64.
14.Gomez-Munoz, B., Hatch, D.J., Bol, R. and García-Ruiz, R. 2012. The compost of olive mill
pomace: from a waste to a resource – environmental benefits of its application in olive oil
groves. Chapter 20.
15.Hachicha, S., Sallemi, F., Medhioub, K., Hachicha, R. and Ammar, E. 2008. Quality
assessment of composts prepared with olive mill wastewater and agricultural wastes. Waste
Manag. 28: 13. 2593-2603.
16.IOOC (International Olive Oil Council). 2001. Recycling of vegetable water and olive
pomace on agricultural land. C. 2010. IOOC/04.
17.Jons, J. 2001. Laboratory guide for conducting soil tests and plant analysis. CRC Press,
Boca Raton. USA, 384p.
18.Lakhdar, A., Achiba, W.B., Montemurro, F., Jedidi, N. and Abdelly, C. 2009. Effect of
municipal solid waste compost and farmyard manure application on heavy-metal uptake in
wheat. Commun. Soil Sci. Plant Anal. 40: 21. 3524-3538.
19.Linares, A., Caba, J.M., Ligero, F., de la Rubia, T. and Martı´nez, J. 2003. Detoxification of
semisolid olive-mill wastes and pine-chip mixtures using Phanerochaete flavido-alba.
Chemosphere. 51: 8. 887-891.
20.Lopez-Pineiro, A., Albarran, A., Rato Nunes, J.M. and Barreto, C. 2008. Short and medium
term effects of two-phase olive mill waste application on olive grove production and soil
properties under semiarid Mediterranean conditions. Bioresourc. Technol. 99: 7982-7987.
21.Marin, L. and Fernandez-Escobar, R. 1997. Optimization of nitrogen fertilization in olive
orchards. In: Val, J., Montanes, L., Monge, E. (Eds.), Proceedings of the Third International
Symposium on Mineral Nutrition of Deciduous Fruit Trees, Zaragoza, Spain, Pp: 411-414.
22.Melgar, J.C., Benlloch, M. and Fernández-Escobar, R. 2006. Calcium increases sodium
exclusion in olive plants. Sci. Hort. 109: 3. 303-305.
23.Michailides, M., Christou, G., Akratos, Ch.S., Tekerlekopoulou, A.G. and Vayenas, D.V.
2011. Composting of olive leaves and pomace from a three-phase olive mill plant. Int.
Biodeter. Biodegr. 65: 3. 560-564.
24.Montemurro, F., Maiorana, M., Convertini, G. and Fornaro, F. 2005. Improvement of soil
properties and nitrogen utilisation of sunflower by amending municipal solid waste compost.
Agron. Sustain. Dev. 25: 3. 369-375.
25.Muktadirul Bari Chowdhury, A.K.M., Akratos, Ch.S., Vayenas, D.V. and Pavlou, S. 2013.
Olive mill waste composting: A review. Int. Biodeter. Biodegr. 85: 108-119.
26.Paredes, C., Cegarra, J., Roig, A., Sánchez-Monedero, M.A. and Bernal, M.P. 1999.
Characterization of olive mill wastewater (alpechin) and its sludge for agricultural purposes.
Bioresource. Technol. 67: 2. 111-115.
27.Paredes, M.J., Moreno, E., Ramos-Cormenzana, A. and Martı´nez, J. 1987. Characteristics
of soil after pollution with waste waters from olive oil extraction plants. Chemosphere.
16: 7. 1557-1564.
28.Perez, J., Dela Rubia, T., Moreno, J. and Martinez, J. 1992. Phenolic content and
antibacterial activity of olive oil waste waters. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 11: 4. 489-495.
29.Piper, C.S. 1950. Soil and plant analysis. Int. Sci. Pub. New York. 368p.
30.Proietti, P., Federici, E., Fidati, L., Scargetta, S., Massaccesi, L., Nasini, L., Regni, L., Ricci,
A., Cenci, G. and Gigliotti, G. 2015. Effects of amendment with oil mill waste and
its derived-compost on soil chemical and microbiological characteristics and olive (Olea
europaea L.) productivity. Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. 207: 1. 51-60.
31.Project CFC/IOOC/04 on the "Recycling of vegetable water and olive pomace on
agricultural land" was set up by the Common Fund for Commodities (CFC) and the
International Olive Council (IOC) for the benefit of four South and East Mediterranean olive
growing countries: Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia and Syria.
32.Rostami- Ozumachuluei, S. 2013. Determination of the optimal stage for harvesting in some
olive (Olea europaea L.) cultivars based on oil quality and quantity. M.Sc. Thesis. Faculty of
Agriculture, Guilan Univ. 36p. (In Persian)
33.Shereen, A., Shaheen, A., El – Taweel, A. and Al-Khateeb, A. 2011. Effect of using olive
vegetation water (OVW) on growth, flowering and yield of Manzanillo olive trees. J. Am.
Sci. 7: 9. 501-551.
34.Tejada, M., Ruiz, J.L., Dobao, M., Benitez, C. and Gonzalez, J.L. 1997. Evolucio´n de
para´metros fı´sicos de un suelo tras la adicion de distintos tipos de orujos de aceituna. Acta
Hort. 18: 514-518.
35.Toplu, C., Uygur, V. and Yildiz, E. 2009. Leaf mineral composition of olive varieties and their
relation to yield and adaptation ability. J. Plant Nutr. 32: 9. 1560-1573.
36.Toscano, P., Casacchia, T., Diacono, M. and Montemurro, F. 2013. Composted olive mill
by-products: Compost characterization and application on olive orchards. J. Agric. Sci.
Technol. 15: 3. 627-638.