**" Semidana "**

*(synonymy: Olia di Riola, Olieddu terzu, Terza, etc.)* 

Areal distribution or origin area: **Sardegna** Flesh/pit weight ratio: **medium (5,05 ± 0,37)**  Oil content (%): **medium (44,46 ± 2,71)** Purpose: **dual purpose**

## *Morphological characters*

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

#### *Leaf characters*

*Biochemical Characters*

368 Olive Germplasm – Italian Catalogue of Olive Varieties

Myristic acid **0,02 ± 0,01** Palmitic acid **9,78 ± 0,91** Palmitoleic acid **0,39 ± 0,02** Stearic acid **3,66 ± 0,48** Oleic acid **74,49 ± 2,09**

*Fatty Acid Composition* 

*Organoleptic oil values* 

Sensory Analysis (*Panel test*)

*Molecular Markers* 

**fluidity.**

**References:** 

reported.

*Comment:* **fruity medium-high, with hints of almond and artichoke, read sensations of grass and tomato. Balanced taste sensation with a medium bitter and spicy. Medium** 

Linoleic acid (ǚ6) **9,50 ± 1,34** Linolenic acid (ǚ3) **0,95 ± 0,04** Arachic acid **0,48 ± 0,10** Eicosenoic acid **0,15 ± 0,11** Behenic acid **0,12 ± 0,05**

*DCA09 DCA18 GAPU59 GAPU71A GUPA71B GAPU103A*  **172 - 198 179 - 181 208 - 218 212 - 221 124 - 124 150 - 159** 

*Table 2.* Microsatellites (SSR) *loci* analyzed. For each *locus* the allele size (expressed in base pairs) is

*UDO01 UDO03 UDO12 UDO28 UDO39*  **144 - 144 150 - 150 177 - 182 143 - 143 200 - 200** 

1 - Rotundo A., Marone E*.* In: *Il germoplasma olivicolo lucano*, Olita - Potenza (2002), pp. 151-154. 2 - Rotundo A., Perri E.,Muzzalupo I., *et al.* In: *Il germoplasma olivicolo meridionale*, (2012 in press).

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

*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 **0,06 ± 0,04** 

Unsat./satured **6,22 ± 0,28** ǚ6/ǚ3 **9,94 ± 1,11**

> Blade length (cm): **medium (6,73 ± 0,70)**  Blade width (cm): **medium (1,28 ± 0,17)**  Shape (length/width): **elliptic-lanceolate**

#### *Inflorescence characters*

Inflorescence length (cm): **medium (2,86 ± 1,51)**  Number of flowers: **medium (18,57 ± 1,48)** 

#### *Fruit characters*

Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **high (4,45 ± 0,37)**  Shape (length/width): **ovoid**  Symmetry: **slightly asymmetric**  Position of maximum transverse diameter: **central**  Apex: **rounded**  Base: **rounded**  Niplle: **obvious** Lenticels: **few and large** 

#### *Pit characters*

Weight of 100 pits (g): **high (0,60 ± 0,01)**  Shape (length/width): **ovoid**  Mucron: **obvious**  Symmetry: **slightly asymmetric**  Position of maximum transverse diameter: **central**  Apex: **rounded**  Base: **rounded**  Surface: **rugose**  Number of grooves: **low** 

### *Fatty Acid Composition*

**" Sessana "** *(synonymy: Cicinella, Minucciolo, etc.)*  Innocenzo Muzzalupo 371

Areal distribution or origin area: **Campania** Flesh/pit weight ratio: **medium (6,18 ± 0,25)**  Oil content (%): **medium (46,05 ± 0,75)**

*Morphological characters* 

Blade length (cm): **medium (5,92 ± 0,45)**  Blade width (cm): **medium (1,46 ± 0,18)**  Shape (length/width): **elliptic-lanceolate** 

Number of flowers: **low (17,71 ± 1,66)** 

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

Inflorescence length (cm): **medium (2,65 ± 1,06)** 

Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **low (1,99 ± 0,18)**

Position of maximum transverse diameter:

Weight of 100 pits (g): **low (0,28 ± 0,03)** 

Position of maximum transverse diameter:

Purpose: **oil**

*Tree characters* 

*Leaf characters*

*Fruit characters*

**central**  Apex: **rounded**  Base: **truncate**  Niplle: **absent**

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

*Inflorescence characters*

Symmetry: **symmetric** 

Lenticels: **few and small** 

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

Number of grooves: **medium** 

*Pit characters* 

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

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

*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 read sensations of almond, grass and artichoke. Balanced taste sensation with a medium-high bitter and spicy. Medium-high fluidity.**

## *Molecular Markers*

*Table 2.* Microsatellites (SSR) *loci* analyzed. For each *locus* the allele size (expressed in base pairs) is reported.


#### **References:**

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

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