**" Rosciola "**

*(synonymy: Raggiola, Rossetta.)* 

Areal distribution or origin area: **Marche** Flesh/pit weight ratio: **medium (6,79 ± 0,31)**  Oil content (%): **medium (44,55 ± 1,90)** Purpose: **oil**

## *Morphological characters*

*Tree characters*  Vigour: **medium-weak**  Growth habit: **spreading**  Canopy-density: **medium-dense** 

#### *Leaf characters*

*Biochemical Characters*

338 Olive Germplasm – Italian Catalogue of Olive Varieties

Myristic acid **0,01 ± 0,00**  Palmitic acid **14,13 ± 0,04** Palmitoleic acid **1,88 ± 0,16** Stearic acid **2,02 ± 0,08** Oleic acid **68,50 ± 0,79**

*Fatty Acid Composition* 

*Organoleptic oil values* 

Sensory Analysis (*Panel test*)

*Molecular Markers* 

*Table 2.* Microsatellites (SSR) *loci* analyzed.

For each *locus* the allele size (expressed in base pairs) is reported.

**References:** 

dell'ERSA (2000), n° 5.

*Comment:* **fruity medium - light, with hints of aromatic herbs, artichoke and almond. Balanced in flavours, with hints of bitter and spicy medium intensity, medium fluidity.**

Linoleic acid (ǚ6) **10,64 ± 0,87** Linolenic acid (ǚ3) **0,79 ± 0,00** Arachic acid **0,26 ± 0,01** Eicosenoic acid **0,02 ± 0,00** Behenic acid **0,06 ± 0,00**

*DCA09 DCA18 GAPU59 GAPU71A GUPA71B GAPU103A*  **176 - 206 177 - 181 208 - 222 214 - 214 126 - 144 136 - 170** 

1 - Ente regionale di sviluppo agricolo per il Molise. In: *Il germoplasma dell'olivo nel Molise*, Quaderno divulgativo

*UDO01 UDO03 UDO12 UDO28 UDO39*  **140 - 140 143 - 143 177 - 193 143 - 154 213 - 213** 

2 - Muzzalupo I., Salimonti A., Caravita M. A., *et al. Adv. Hort. Sci*. (2008), 22(2): pp. 129-135.

*Table 1.* Average values (express in % ± standard deviations) of the fatty acids methyl esters and nutritional ratios obtained from single cultivar olive oils.

Lignoceric acid **0,03 ± 0,01** 

Unsat./satured **5,02 ± 0,03** ǚ6/ǚ3 **13,44 ± 1,05**

> Blade length (cm): **medium (5,43 ± 0,37)**  Blade width (cm): **medium (1,22 ± 0,09)**  Shape (length/width): **elliptic-lanceolate**

#### *Inflorescence characters*

Inflorescence length (cm): **medium (2,98 ± 0,55)**  Number of flowers: **medium (20,02 ± 0,60)** 

#### *Fruit characters*

Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **low (1,79 ± 0,12)** Shape (length/width): **spherical**  Symmetry: **slightly asymmetric**  Position of maximum transverse diameter: **central**  Apex: **rounded**  Base: **rounded**  Niplle: **absent** Lenticels: **many and small** 

#### *Pit characters*

Weight of 100 pits (g): **low (0,24 ± 0,02)**  Shape (length/width): **ovoid**  Mucron: **obvious**  Symmetry: **symmetric**  Position of maximum transverse diameter: **towards apex**  Apex: **rounded**  Base: **pointed**  Surface: **rugose**  Number of grooves: **medium** 

### *Fatty Acid Composition*

**" Rotondella di Sanza "**

Innocenzo Muzzalupo 341

Areal distribution or origin area: **Campania** Flesh/pit weight ratio: **medium (6,39 ± 0,42)**  Oil content (%): **medium (46,51 ± 2,52)**

*Morphological characters* 

Purpose: **oil**

*Tree characters*  Vigour: **medium** 

*Leaf characters*

*Fruit characters*

**towards base**  Apex: **pointed**  Base: **truncate**  Niplle: **absent**

*Pit characters* 

Mucron: **absent**  Symmetry: **symmetric** 

**towards base**  Apex: **rounded**  Base: **truncate**  Surface: **scabrous** 

*Inflorescence characters*

Symmetry: **symmetric** 

Lenticels: **many and small** 

Shape (length/width): **ovoid** 

Number of grooves: **medium** 

Growth habit: **erect-spreading**  Canopy-density: **medium-dense** 

Blade length (cm): **medium (5,58 ± 0,79)** Blade width (cm): **narrow (1,00 ± 0,19)** Shape (length/width): **elliptic-lanceolate** 

Number of flowers: **low (15,52 ± 0,72)**

Shape (length/width): **spherical** 

Inflorescence length (cm): **medium (2,74 ± 1,20)**

Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **medium (2,87 ± 0,19)**

Position of maximum transverse diameter:

Weight of 100 pits (g): **medium (0,39 ± 0,05)**

Position of maximum transverse diameter:

*Table 1.* Average values (express in % ± standard deviations) of the fatty acids methyl esters and nutritional ratios obtained from single cultivar olive oils.


### *Organoleptic oil values*

Sensory Analysis (*Panel test*)

*Comment:* **fruity medium, with hints of artichoke, read sensations of almond, aromatic herbs and grass. Balanced taste sensation with a medium bitter and spicy. Medium fluidity.**

## *Molecular Markers*

*Table 2.* Microsatellites (SSR) *loci* analyzed.

For each *locus* the allele size (expressed in base pairs) is reported.


#### **References:**

1 - Pannelli G., Alfei B., Santinelli A. In: *Varietà di olivo nelle Marche*, (2001), ASSAM pp. 109-112.

1 - Various authors. In: *Catalogo Nazionale delle Varietà di Olivo*, University of Bari (in press), ISBN 978-88-88793- 97-9.
