**" Grossa di Venafro "**

Areal distribution or origin area: **Molise** Flesh/pit weight ratio: **medium (6,40 ± 0,33)**  Oil content (%): **medium (46,92 ± 1,03)** Purpose: **oil**

## *Morphological characters*

*Tree characters*  Vigour: **medium-strong**  Growth habit: **spreading-erect**  Canopy-density: **medium-sparse** 

#### *Leaf characters*

*Biochemical Characters*

154 Olive Germplasm – Italian Catalogue of Olive Varieties

Myristic acid **0,01 ± 0,01**  Palmitic acid **14,29 ± 0,67** Palmitoleic acid **0,86 ± 0,05** Stearic acid **2,71 ± 1,28** Oleic acid **71,31 ± 1,68**

*Fatty Acid Composition* 

*Organoleptic oil values* 

Sensory Analysis (*Panel test*)

*Molecular Markers* 

**References:** 

Ist. Sper. Olivic. (2004), pp. 25-28.

*Comment:* **medium-high fruity , with good sensation of grass, less almond and artichoke. Balanced taste sensation, with bitter and spicy medium. Medium-high fluidity.**

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

Linoleic acid (ǚ6) **8,61 ± 0,12** Linolenic acid (ǚ3) **0,83 ± 0,23** Arachic acid **0,30 ± 0,14** Eicosenoic acid **0,12 ± 0,14** Behenic acid **0,08 ± 0,03**

*DCA09 DCA18 GAPU59 GAPU71A GUPA71B GAPU103A*  **166 - 172 177 - 177 208 - 208 210 - 214 124 - 144 136 - 184** 

1 - Lombardo N., Perri E., Muzzalupo I., *et al.* In: *Contributo alla caratterizzazione del germoplasma olivicolo pugliese*,

*UDO01 UDO03 UDO12 UDO28 UDO39*  **144 - 144 143 - 143 166 - 166 143 - 245 108 - 108** 

2 - Muzzalupo I., Stefanizzi F., Perri E. *HortScience* (2009), 44: pp. 582-588.

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

*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 **0,04 ± 0,03** 

Unsat./satured **4,79 ± 0,68** ǚ6/ǚ3 **10,76 ± 2,79**

> Blade length (cm): **medium (5,41 ± 0,48)** Blade width (cm): **medium (1,31 ± 0,17)** Shape (length/width): **elliptic - lanceolate**

#### *Inflorescence characters*

Inflorescence length (cm): **long (3,69 ± 0,54)** Number of flowers: **high (2,78 ± 2,27)**

#### *Fruit characters*

Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **medium (2,10 ± 0,02)** Shape (length/width): **spherical**  Symmetry: **slightly asymmetric**  Position of maximum transverse diameter: **central**  Apex: **rounded**  Base: **truncate**  Niplle: **absent** Lenticels: **many and small** 

*Pit characters*  Weight of 100 pits (g): **low (0,28 ± 0,01)** Shape (length/width): **ovoid**  Mucron: **tenuous**  Symmetry: **slightly asymmetric**  Position of maximum transverse diameter: **central**  Apex: **rounded**  Base: **rounded**  Surface: **rugose**  Number of grooves: **medium** 

### *Fatty Acid Composition*

**" Grossale "** *(synonymy: Provenzale, Provenzana, Ursale, etc.)*  Innocenzo Muzzalupo 157

Areal distribution or origin area: **Campania** Flesh/pit weight ratio: **medium (6,82 ± 0,49)**  Oil content (%): **medium (42,43 ± 0,72)**

*Morphological characters* 

Blade length (cm): **medium (5,26 ± 0,44)**  Blade width (cm): **medium (1,06 ± 0,09)**  Shape (length/width): **elliptic-lanceolate** 

Inflorescence length (cm): **medium (2,87 ± 1,46)**  Number of flowers: **medium (18,22 ± 1,54)**

Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **medium (2,73 ± 0,01)**

Position of maximum transverse diameter:

Weight of 100 pits (g): **medium (0,35 ± 0,02)** 

Position of maximum transverse diameter:

Purpose: **oil**

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

*Leaf characters*

*Fruit characters*

**towards base**  Apex: **rounded**  Base: **rounded**  Niplle: **absent**

*Pit characters* 

Mucron: **absent** 

**central**  Apex: **rounded**  Base: **rounded**  Surface: **rugose** 

*Inflorescence characters*

Symmetry: **symmetric** 

Lenticels: **many and small** 

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

Symmetry: **slightly asymmetric** 

Number of grooves: **medium** 

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

*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:* **medium fruity , with good sensation of grass, less almond and artichoke. Balanced taste sensation, with bitter and spicy medium. Medium fluidity.**

## *Molecular Markers*

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

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


#### **References:**

1 - Consiglio Oleicolo Internazionale*.* In: *Catalogo Mondiale delle Varietà di Olivo,* COI (2003).

2 - Muzzalupo I., Lombardo N., Salimonti A., *et al. Adv. Hort. Sci*. (2008), 22(2): pp. 142-148.
