**" Lezze "**

*(synonymy: Oliastro, Olivastro di Conversano.)* 

Areal distribution or origin area: **Puglia** Flesh/pit weight ratio: **low (4,46 ± 0,64)**  Oil content (%): **medium (40,01 ± 0,59)** Purpose: **oil**

## *Morphological characters*

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

#### *Leaf characters*

*Biochemical Characters*

172 Olive Germplasm – Italian Catalogue of Olive Varieties

Myristic acid **0,01 ± 0,00**  Palmitic acid **12,98 ± 0,73** Palmitoleic acid **1,22 ± 0,19** Stearic acid **1,89 ± 0,24** Oleic acid **76,47 ± 1,24**

*Fatty Acid Composition* 

*Organoleptic oil values* 

Sensory Analysis (*Panel test*)

*Molecular Markers* 

**References:** 

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

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

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

Linoleic acid (ǚ6) **4,96 ± 0,74** Linolenic acid (ǚ3) **0,82 ± 0,08** Arachic acid **0,27 ± 0,02** Eicosenoic acid **0,06 ± 0,12** Behenic acid **0,07 ± 0,01**

*DCA09 DCA18 GAPU59 GAPU71A GUPA71B GAPU103A*  **162 - 206 177 - 177 212 - 222 214 - 214 124 - 130 150 - 150** 

*UDO01 UDO03 UDO12 UDO28 UDO39*  **144 - 150 143 - 143 166 - 193 154 - 205 213 - 213** 

1 - Pannelli G., Alfei B., Rosati S., *et al.* In: *Varietà di olivo in Umbria*. Ed. Pliniana (2000), pp.25-30.

2 - Muzzalupo I., Stefanizzi F., Salimonti A., *et al. Sci. Agric.* (2009), 66 (5): pp. 685–690.

*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 **5,56 ± 0,24** ǚ6/ǚ3 **6,09 ± 1,21**

> Blade length (cm): **medium (5,96 ± 0,40)** Blade width (cm): **medium (1,38 ± 0,12)** Shape (length/width): **elliptic-lanceolate**

#### *Inflorescence characters*

Inflorescence length (cm): **medium (2,99 ± 0,56)** Number of flowers: **high (22,84 ± 1,97)**

#### *Fruit characters*

Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **medium (2,05 ± 0,34)** Shape (length/width): **ovoid**  Symmetry: **slightly asymmetric**  Position of maximum transverse diameter: **central**  Apex: **pointed**  Base: **rounded**  Niplle: **tenuous** Lenticels: **many and small** 

*Pit characters*  Weight of 100 pits (g): **medium (0,41 ± 0,05)** Shape (length/width): **elliptic**  Mucron: **obvious**  Symmetry: **symmetric**  Position of maximum transverse diameter: **central**  Apex: **rounded**  Base: **rounded**  Surface: **smooth**  Number of grooves: **low** 

#### *Fatty Acid Composition*

**" Lumiaru "** *(synonymy: Leminara, Luriaro, Luriara, etc.)*  Innocenzo Muzzalupo 175

Areal distribution or origin area: **Sicilia** Flesh/pit weight ratio: **high (10,00 ± 1,22)**  Oil content (%): **high (50,10 ± 0,88)**

*Morphological characters* 

Canopy-density: **medium-sparse** 

Blade length (cm): **medium (6,35 ± 0,70)**  Blade width (cm): **medium (1,44 ± 0,20)**  Shape (length/width): **elliptic-lanceolate** 

Inflorescence length (cm): **medium (3,07 ± 1,72)**  Number of flowers: **medium (18,22 ± 0,95)** 

Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **high (4,58 ± 0,39)** 

Position of maximum transverse diameter:

Weight of 100 pits (g): **high (0,42 ± 0,08)** 

Position of maximum transverse diameter:

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

Symmetry: **slightly asymmetric** 

Number of grooves: **medium** 

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

Purpose: **oil**

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

*Leaf characters*

*Fruit characters*

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

*Pit characters* 

Mucron: **obvious** 

Apex: **rounded**  Base: **pointed**  Surface: **scabrous** 

**central**

Lenticels: **few and large** 

*Inflorescence characters*

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


Sensory Analysis (*Panel test*)

*Comment:* **fruity medium, with hints of artichoke and almond. 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.


#### **References:**

1 - Lombardo N., Perri E., Muzzalupo I., *et al.* In: *Contributo alla caratterizzazione del germoplasma olivicolo pugliese*, Istituto Sperimentale per l'Olivicoltura (2004), pp. 73-76.

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