EVALUATION OF ECOLOGICAL ADAPTABILITY POTENTIAL OF OLIVE (OLEA EUROPAEA L.) CULTURE IN GEORGIA

The article presents the prospective for use of olive (Olea europaea L.) culture in scientific, selective and agricultural level, in Georgia. Due to climate change it is important to promote the production agricultural crops that has traditionally been cultivated under conditions of limited water availability. One of such promising cultivated plant is the olive. Olive crop production has a good perspective in Georgia. Olive culture represent a key agricultural system with high economic and environmental prominence. Great interest in this unique plant, which provides a good opportunity to improve the diversity of fruit assortment and the economic conditions of the country. The article discusses the factors that contribute to the development of olives and how to implement them. We describe several old Georgia and introduced varieties have been chosen on the basis of good productivity, good fruit size and flavor and good storage and shelf life.