**" Nasitana Frutto Grosso "**

Areal distribution or origin area: **Sicilia** Flesh/pit weight ratio: **medium (6,62 ± 0,68)**  Oil content (%): **low (35,53 ± 0,40)** Purpose: **dual purpose**

## *Morphological characters*

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

#### *Leaf characters*

*Biochemical Characters*

202 Olive Germplasm – Italian Catalogue of Olive Varieties

Myristic acid **0,01 ± 0,00**  Palmitic acid **14,47 ± 1,14** Palmitoleic acid **1,30 ± 0,15** Stearic acid **1,63 ± 0,14** Oleic acid **69,44 ± 1,57**

*Fatty Acid Composition* 

*Organoleptic oil values* 

Sensory Analysis (*Panel test*)

*Molecular Markers* 

**dium fluidity.** 

**References:** 

97-9.

*Comment:* **fruity medium, with taste of almond, grass and leaves, read sensations of soft fruits and aromatic herb. Balanced taste sensation with medium bitter and spicy. Me-**

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

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

Linoleic acid (ǚ6) **10,60 ± 1,10** Linolenic acid (ǚ3) **0,93 ± 0,03** Arachic acid **0,33 ± 0,13** Eicosenoic acid **0,02 ± 0,01** Behenic acid **0,09 ± 0,03**

*DCA09 DCA18 GAPU59 GAPU71A GUPA71B GAPU103A*  **182 - 206 179 - 181 212 - 214 218 - 218 130 - 144 150 - 157** 

*UDO01 UDO03 UDO12 UDO28 UDO39*  **140 - 140 150 - 150 177 - 193 154 - 182 200 - 200** 

1 - Cimato A., Cantini C., Sani G., In: *L'olivo in Toscana: il germoplasma autoctono*, Ed. ARSIA (2001).

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

*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 **5,06 ± 0,45** ǚ6/ǚ3 **11,38 ± 1,18**

> Blade length (cm): **medium (6,28 ± 0,47)**  Blade width (cm): **medium (1,18 ± 0,13)**  Shape (length/width): **elliptic-lanceolate**

#### *Inflorescence characters*

Inflorescence length (cm): **medium (2,84 ± 1,48)**  Number of flowers: **low (15,99 ± 1,60)** 

#### *Fruit characters*

Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **medium (3,44 ± 0,41)** Shape (length/width): **ovoid**  Symmetry: **slightly asymmetric**  Position of maximum transverse diameter: **towards apex**  Apex: **rounded**  Base: **truncate**  Niplle: **absent**  Lenticels: **many and small** 

#### *Pit characters*

Weight of 100 pits (g): **medium-high (0,45 ± 0,06)**  Shape (length/width): **ovoid**  Mucron: **obvious**  Symmetry: **slightly asymmetric**  Position of maximum transverse diameter: **towards apex**  Apex: **rounded** Base: **pointed**  Surface: **rugose** Number of grooves: **medium** 

### *Fatty Acid Composition*

**" Nebba "** *(synonymy: Anerba, Prunara, Tortella, Ugghiara, etc.)*  Innocenzo Muzzalupo 205

Areal distribution or origin area: **Sicilia** Flesh/pit weight ratio: **high (9,89 ± 0,55)**  Oil content (%): **high (50,82 ± 1,88)**

*Morphological characters* 

Growth habit: **spreading-drooping** 

Blade length (cm): **long (7,01 ± 0,44)** Blade width (cm): **broad (1,54 ± 0,16)** Shape (length/width): **elliptic-lanceolate** 

Number of flowers: **low (15,79 ± 1,76)**

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

Inflorescence length (cm): **medium (3,12 ± 1,96)**

Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **high (5,62 ± 1,03)**

Position of maximum transverse diameter:

Weight of 100 pits (g): **medium (0,37 ± 0,15)**

Position of maximum transverse diameter:

Canopy-density: **medium** 

*Inflorescence characters*

Symmetry: **symmetric** 

Lenticels: **few and large** 

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

Number of grooves: **low** 

Symmetry: **slightly asymmetric** 

*Pit characters* 

Mucron: **obvious** 

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

Purpose: **oil** 

*Tree characters*  Vigour: **weak** 

*Leaf characters*

*Fruit characters*

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

*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 taste of almond, grass and leaves, read sensations of soft fruits. Balanced taste sensation with 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 - Caruso T., Cartabellotta D., Motisi A., *et all*. In: *Cultivar di olivo siciliane*, Università degli Studi di Palermo (2007), pp. 164-168.

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