"September 2002" / Bibliography: leaves 142-159. / viii, 159, [17] leaves : ill. (some col.), plates, photograph ; 30 cm. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / Investigates self- and cross-compatibility using 5 common commercial cultivars of olive. Frantoio is found to b a good general polliniser for the other cultivars. The sex ratio of flowers, pollen viability, and male sterility were also examined Another objective was the construction of a molecular linkage map for olives, using a cross between Frantoio and Kalamata and microsatellite markers using the pseudo-testcross strategy. Approximately 45% of the genome was mapped. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Horticulture, Viticulture and Oenology, 2002