STUDY OF SOIL COMPOSITION AND FORMATION AND THE CHANGES IN THE SOIL CAUSED BY BIOTIC AND ABIOTIC FACTORS.

MANNER IN WHICH SOIL FORMS OVER TIME FROM THE MATERIAL PRODUCED BY WEATHERING OF PARENT MATERIAL THROUGH THE ACTION OF A COMBINATION OF PHYSICAL, CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES.

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE WHERE THE GROUND IS COVERED WITH PRUNING DEBRIS, LEAF LITTER AND PLANT RESIDUE OF VARIOUS ORIGINS TO PREVENT WEED GROWTH, RETAIN SOIL MOISTURE AND PROTECT THE SOIL FROM EROSION.

TYPE OF OLIVE GROWING WHERE MORE THAN 1000 OLIVE TREES ARE PLANTED PER HECTARE.

TYPE OF OLIVE GROWING WHERE 300–650 TREES ARE PLANTED PER HECTARE.

CULTIVATION OF THE OLIVE TREE.

PLOT OF LAND PLANTED WITH OLIVE TREES.

FRUIT TREE ORIGINATING FROM THE MIDDLE EAST. SINCE ANCIENT TIMES ITS FRUIT (OLIVES) HAS BEEN USED FOR EXTRACTING OIL AND AS A FOOD.