**" Termite di Bitetto "**

*(synonymy: Cima di Bitetto, Mele di Bitetto, Oliva mele, Termite, etc.)* 

Areal distribution or origin area: **Puglia** Flesh/pit weight ratio: **medium (7,07 ± 0,76)**  Oil content (%): **medium (47,26 ± 0,21)** Purpose: **dual purpose**

## *Morphological characters*

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

*Biochemical Characters*

380 Olive Germplasm – Italian Catalogue of Olive Varieties

Myristic acid **0,02 ± 0,01**  Palmitic acid **16,19 ± 1,50** Palmitoleic acid **2,01 ± 0,19** Stearic acid **3,00 ± 0,37** Oleic acid **60,01 ± 0,26**

*Fatty Acid Composition* 

*Organoleptic oil values* 

Sensory Analysis (*Panel test*)

*Molecular Markers* 

**References:** 

97-9.

**idity.**

*Comment:* **fruity medium, with taste of aromatic herbs. Balanced taste sensation with medium bitter and spicy. Medium-high flu-**

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

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

Linoleic acid (ǚ6) **15,64 ± 1,04** Linolenic acid (ǚ3) **0,72 ± 0,02** Arachic acid **0,43 ± 0,17** Eicosenoic acid **0,02 ± 0,00** Behenic acid **0,10 ± 0,05**

*DCA09 DCA18 GAPU59 GAPU71A GUPA71B GAPU103A*  **162 - 172 169 - 179 212 - 212 214 - 214 130 - 130 170 - 170** 

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

*UDO01 UDO03 UDO12 UDO28 UDO39*  **140 - 140 143 - 143 166 - 193 182 - 182 213 - 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 **0,05 ± 0,04** 

Unsat./satured **4,05 ± 0,38** ǚ6/ǚ3 **21,65 ± 1,55**

> *Leaf characters* Blade length (cm): **medium (5,38 ± 0,68)** Blade width (cm): **board (1,58 ± 0,22)** Shape (length/width): **elliptic**

*Inflorescence characters* Inflorescence length (cm): **medium (2,80 ± 0,53)** Number of flowers: **low (14,46 ± 2,68)**

*Fruit characters* Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **high (4,22 ± 0,68)** 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): **high (0,56 ± 0,07)** Shape (length/width): **ovoid**  Mucron: **obvious**  Symmetry: **symmetric**  Position of maximum transverse diameter: **central**  Apex: **rounded**  Base: **rounded**  Surface: **rugose**  Number of grooves: **medium** 

### *Fatty Acid Composition*

**" Terza Grande "** *(synonymy: Di Bosa, Di Cuglieri, Olia Terza, Terza, etc.)*  Innocenzo Muzzalupo 383

Areal distribution or origin area: **Sardegna** Flesh/pit weight ratio: **medium (5,65 ± 0,10)**  Oil content (%): **medium (42,46 ± 0,57)**

*Morphological characters* 

Blade length (cm): **medium (5,11 ± 0,34)** Blade width (cm): **medium (1,21 ± 0,11)** Shape (length/width): **elliptic-lanceolate** 

Number of flowers: **low (15,31 ± 1,52)**

Shape (length/width): **spherical**  Symmetry: **slightly asymmetric** 

Lenticels: **many and large** 

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

Symmetry: **slightly asymmetric** 

Number of grooves: **medium** 

*Pit characters* 

Mucron: **absent** 

**towards apex**  Apex: **rounded**  Base: **rounded**  Surface: **scabrous** 

Inflorescence length (cm): **medium (2,60 ± 0,67)**

Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **high (4,13 ± 1,03)**

Position of maximum transverse diameter:

Weight of 100 pits (g): **high (0,60 ± 0,06)**

Position of maximum transverse diameter:

Purpose: **dual purpose**

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

*Inflorescence characters*

*Tree characters* 

*Leaf characters*

*Fruit characters*

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

*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 artichoke and soft fruits. Balanced in flavours, with hints of bitter and spicy medium-light intensity. Medium fluidity.**

## *Molecular Markers*

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

*DCA09 DCA18 GAPU59 GAPU71A GUPA71B GAPU103A*  **172 - 194 179 - 179 208 - 212 214 - 214 124 - 144 150 - 159**  *UDO01 UDO03 UDO12 UDO28 UDO39*  **144 - 144 143 - 143 177 - 182 143 - 205 108 - 170** 

#### **References:**

1 - Lombardo N., Perri E., Muzzalupo I., *et al.* In: *Contributo alla caratterizzazione del germoplasma olivicolo pugliese*, Ist. Sper. Olivic. (2004), pp. 93-96.

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