Pre-bloom Olive NutriVant "PON"

1. Pre-bloom Olive NutriVant "PON"

2. Agrovant Company Developed the following Specific Products for Olives: • 1. “PON”- [Prebloom Olive NutriVant]To enhance fruit setting. = Starter • Composition of: N, P, K+B coated with FertiVant (10-33-21+1.88B+FV) • 2.“SON”- [Summer Olive NutriVant] To enhance fruit size. = Booster • Composition of: N, P, K coated with FertiVant. • (8-16-40+FV) • “Harvest-Vant”- a chemical-aid for reducing • fruit retention force (FRF) at harvest time.

3. “PON”= Prebloom Olive NutriVant Pre-Bloom Application  10-33-21 + 1. 8%B “PON” is a non destructive controlled delivery and long lasting crystallized nutritional formulation. “PON” was specifically engineered to supply olive trees nutritional needs duringthe blooming time. “PON” contains nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and boron highly required for increasing olive fruit set. “PON” was tested in the four recent years in large scale field tests all over Israel, Spain, Italy, Turkey, Australia, etc. The following results demonstrate the horticultural and economical benefits of “PON” application.

4. Application method : 2.0 % concentration ( “PON”) Volume: 1000-1500 l/h, in one spray.

5. Olive fruits after “PON” treatment

6. “PON” in Scanning Electron Microscope (x60 and x300)

7. Effect of “PON” spray on old ‘Manzanillo’ olive in Sde-Nachum (north of Israel). Spring 2000 Treatment No of trees Average yield kg/tree Total yield kg/hectare (420 trees) % of control Control 18 60.3 25,326 100.0 “PON” 22 66.7 28,014 110.6

8. Treatment No of trees Avarage yield kg/tree Total yield kg/hectare (400 trees) % of control Control 35 11.6 4640 100 PON 35 15 6000 129.3 SON 35 13.5 5400 116.3 PON+SON 35 19.2 7680 165.5 Effect of “PON” and “SON” application on ‘Cima di Melfi’ olive in Be- Bellis (Ba) Italy. Spring & summer 2001.

9. Treatment No of trees Average yield kg/tree Total yield kg/hectare (160 trees) % of control % of oil Oil yield kg/hectare % of control Effect of “PON” spray on ‘Coratina’ olive in Bari (south of Italy). Spring 2000. Control 13 46.7 6,078 100.0 16.5 1,002 100.0 13 101.0 13,145 216.2 15.4 2,030 202.6 “PON”

10. Effect of “PON” spray on ’Arbequina’ olive in Cordoba, Spain, spring 2001.

11. Effect of “PON” spray on young ‘Memecik’ olive in Izmir (Turkey), spring 2000.

12. Treatment No of trees Average yield kg/tree Total yield kg/hectare (470 trees) % of control % of oil Oil yield kg/hectare % of control Effect of “PON” spray on ‘Barnea’ olive in Revivim orchard (south of Israel). Spring 2000. Control 130 20.7 9,734 100.0 13.3 1,293 100.0 “PON” 129 31.2 14,701 151.0 16.5 2,429 187.8

13. Treatment No of trees Average yield kg/tree Total yield kg/hectare (470 trees) % of control Effect of “PON” spray on ‘Suri’ olive in Revivim (South of Israel). Spring 2000. Control 46 17.5 7,350 100.0 “PON”  87 19.0 7,980 108.6

14. Treatment No of trees Average yield kg/tree Total yield kg/hectare (400 trees) % of control % of oil Oil yield kg/hectare % of control Effect of “PON” spray on ‘Barnea’ olive in Sde-Yaacov orchard (north of Israel). Spring 2000. Control 116 43.8 21,025 100.0 14.5 3,049 100.0 “PON” 116 48.8 23,363 111.1 17.0 3,972 130.3

15. Treatment No of trees Average yield kg/tree Total yield kg/hectare (360 trees) % of control Effect of “PON” spray on young ‘Manzanillo’ olive in Yagur (North of Israel), spring 2000. Control 14 60.5 21,780 100.0 “PON” 12 65.7 23,634 108.5

16. Treatment No of trees Average yield kg/tree Total yield kg/hectare (180 trees) % of control Effect of “PON” spray on old ‘Manzanillo’ olive in Yagur (North of Israel). Spring 2000. Control 12 116.6 20,988 100.0 “PON” 15 135.4 24,374 116.1

17. Treatment No of trees Average yield kg/tree Total yield kg/hectare (400 trees) % of control Effect of “PON” spray on’Barnea’ olive in Yagur (north of Israel). Spring 2000. Control 45 48.9 19,564 100.0 “PON” 45 57.7 23,084 117.9

18. Treatment No of trees Average yield kg/tree Total yield kg/hectare (180 trees) % of control Effect of “PON” spray on old ‘Merchavia’ olive in Yagur (North of Israel) spring 2000. Control 14 107.0 19,260 100.0 “PON” 14 133.7 24,068 124.9

19. Treatment No of trees Average yield kg/tree Total yield kg/hectare (360 trees) % of control % of oil Oil yield kg/hectare % of control Effect of “PON” spray on young ‘Picual’ olive in Yagur (north of Israel). Spring 2000. Control 39 68.9 24,810 100.0 15.6 3,874 100.0 “PON” 66 81.4 29,326 118.2 18.6 5,445 140.5

20. Treatment No of trees Average yield kg/tree Total yield kg/hectare (420 trees) % of control % of oil Oil yield kg/hectare % of control Effect of “PON” spray on young ‘Suri’ olive in Yagur (north of Israel) spring 2000. Control 30 35.2 14,084 100.0 12.2 2,231 100.0 “PON”  30 46.05 18,420 130.8 15.9 2,960 132.6

21. Summary – Presented “PON” contribution to Olive Yield Added yield for 100 Trees: +3 Kg/Tree  +300Kg +5 Kg/Tree  +500Kg +10 Kg/Tree  +1000Kg 11Trials added 5 -55 Kg/Tree 3 Trials added 1.5 – 3 Kg/Tree

22. Cost benefit ratio for one hectare of olive sprayed with Olive-NutriVant “PON” *1500 l/ha *400 trees/ha *18% oil **3.0 eu/kg oil