Researchers Investigate Origins of White Tripolitaine Olive in Libya
They are are working to determine the best varieties for Libyan olive production.
Photo: Libyan Biotechnology Research Center
Apr. 20, 2021
Spanish and Libyan researchers met in Andalusia to identify and characterize the most promising cultivars in the North African country.
“One of our goals is to investigate the genetic profile of the trees that grow here and to map the most interesting cultivars for olive farming,” said Adel Elmagharbi, a leading researcher on the Libyan olive fingerprinting project at the Biotechnology Research Center (BTRC) in Tripoli.