{"id":9322,"date":"2026-06-24T09:37:42","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T06:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recomed.net\/?p=9322"},"modified":"2026-06-24T09:46:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T06:46:11","slug":"post-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recomed.net\/?p=9322","title":{"rendered":"Ancient Olive Grafting Techniques Gain New Relevance Amid Climate and Disease Pressures"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"9322\" class=\"elementor elementor-9322\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5167582 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5167582\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa8aa68 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"aa8aa68\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Once used mainly to domesticate wild trees, grafting is re-emerging as a key tool for fighting disease, adapting to climate change and preserving rare olive varieties.<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eaf2fd9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eaf2fd9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"text-foreground\/70\" data-testid=\"article-author\">By <a class=\"relative z-10 hover:text-foreground hover:underline underline-offset-2 transition-colors\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oliveoiltimes.com\/author\/ylenia-granitto\">Ylenia Granitto<\/a><\/span><span class=\"hidden sm:inline opacity-60\">\u00b7<\/span><span class=\"text-foreground\/50\" data-testid=\"article-date\">June 18, 2026<\/span><\/p><p>Read the article in <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oliveoiltimes.com\/world\/ancient-olive-grafting-techniques-gain-new-relevance-amid-climate-and-disease-pressures\/144412\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">oliveoiltimes.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3492e75 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3492e75\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-faa941c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"faa941c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Grafting is an ancestral horticultural technique that enables plant propagation, domestication of wild varieties and replacement of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oliveoiltimes.com\/topic\/olive-varieties\">cultivars<\/a>. It involves inserting a plant\u2019s scion onto the trunk, branch or root of another related plant, known as the rootstock, so that the two unite and grow as a single plant.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b4234a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9b4234a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Olive tree grafting has long been used to domesticate wild plants and establish new varieties. Shared primarily through oral tradition and largely unchanged over time, the practice is now re-emerging as a tool to tackle phytosanitary problems, improve agronomic traits and production <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oliveoiltimes.com\/topic\/olive-oil-quality\">quality<\/a>, and safeguard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oliveoiltimes.com\/production\/svalbard-seed-vault-to-receive-first-olive-seeds-in-bid-to-protect-genetic-diversity\/143437\">biodiversity threatened by genetic erosion<\/a>.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" data-hang-quote=\"\">\u201cGrafting is one of the foundational techniques that shaped the evolution of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oliveoiltimes.com\/topic\/agriculture\">agriculture<\/a> over the millennia. In fruit growing in particular, it has been widely used to propagate woody species like the olive tree,\u201d said Felice Suma, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oliveoiltimes.com\/topic\/puglia\">Puglia<\/a>-based agronomist specializing in organic farming.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2299ae5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2299ae5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e71c41f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e71c41f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"950\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/recomed.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/gr41-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-9327\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/recomed.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/gr41-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/recomed.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/gr41-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/recomed.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/gr41-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/recomed.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/gr41-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/recomed.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/gr41-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/recomed.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/gr41.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Felice Suma prepares a scion to graft a centuries-old olive tree in Puglia.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64f4246 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"64f4246\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7146a16 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7146a16\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" data-hang-quote=\"\">\u201cIn the past, farmers grafted oleasters that have become today\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oliveoiltimes.com\/topic\/millennial-trees\">monumental olive trees<\/a>,\u201d he said. \u201cThey also observed in the field which varieties were best suited to their needs, considering factors such as cold, drought and disease resistance, as well as fruit traits such as ripening time, size and flavor, and grafted those trees with the most suitable varieties, many of which have persisted to the present. Today this practice is as relevant as ever, as it helps improve production, introduce varieties tolerant or resistant to disease, and save local varieties that would otherwise be lost.\u201d<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Olive tree grafting: preparation and key methods<\/strong><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The following is a broad outline of the preparatory steps and grafts most commonly applied, though the practice has countless variations shaped by different agronomic approaches and regional traditions.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The best time for grafting is during the first warm days of the season, when the tree is in active sap flow and can immediately nourish the newly introduced buds.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b0754d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b0754d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"950\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/recomed.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/gr43-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-9329\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/recomed.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/gr43-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/recomed.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/gr43-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/recomed.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/gr43-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/recomed.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/gr43-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/recomed.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/gr43-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/recomed.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/gr43.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">A crown graft performed by a participant in a course led by Simone Atzori.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7e4c12 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f7e4c12\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Read the article in <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oliveoiltimes.com\/world\/ancient-olive-grafting-techniques-gain-new-relevance-amid-climate-and-disease-pressures\/144412\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">oliveoiltimes.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once used mainly to domesticate wild trees, grafting is re-emerging as a key tool for fighting disease, adapting to climate change and preserving rare olive varieties. By Ylenia Granitto\u00b7June 18, 2026 Read the article in oliveoiltimes.com Grafting is an ancestral horticultural technique that enables plant propagation, domestication of wild varieties and replacement of cultivars. 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