*Morphological characters*

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

*Biochemical Characters*

42 Olive Germplasm – Italian Catalogue of Olive Varieties

Myristic acid **0,02 ± 0,00**  Palmitic acid **9,71 ± 1,46** Palmitoleic acid **0,43 ± 0,07** Stearic acid **2,45 ± 0,13** Oleic acid **79,43 ± 0,18**

*Fatty Acid Composition* 

*Organoleptic oil values* 

Sensory Analysis (*Panel test*)

**medium. Medium fluidity.**

*Molecular Markers* 

**References:** 

97-9.

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

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

Linoleic acid (ǚ6) **6,34 ± 1,94** Linolenic acid (ǚ3) **0,89 ± 0,03** Arachic acid **0,26 ± 0,02** Eicosenoic acid **0,08 ± 0,04** Behenic acid **0,08 ± 0,01**

*DCA09 DCA18 GAPU59 GAPU71A GUPA71B GAPU103A*  **194 - 198 181 - 185 214 - 222 214 - 218 130 - 144 170 - 184** 

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

*UDO01 UDO03 UDO12 UDO28 UDO39*  **144 - 150 135 - 135 177 - 193 161 - 205 205 - 205** 

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 **0,03 ± 0,01** 

Unsat./satured **7,14 ± 0,99** ǚ6/ǚ3 **7,07 ± 1,94**

> *Leaf characters* Blade length (cm): **medium (5,71 ± 0,46)** Blade width (cm): **medium (1,42 ± 0,19)**

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

*Inflorescence characters* Inflorescence length (cm): **short (2,37 ± 0,87)** Number of flowers: **low (12,47 ± 2,37)**

*Fruit characters* Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **very high (7,92 ± 1,40)** Shape (length/width): **ovoid** Symmetry: **asymmetric** Position of maximum transverse diameter: **central** Apex: **rounded** Base: **truncate** Niplle: **tenuous** Lenticels: **many and large**

*Pit characters*  Weight of 100 pits (g): **high (0,60 ± 0,03)** Shape (length/width): **elliptic** Mucron: **absent** Symmetry: **symmetric** Position of maximum transverse diameter: **towards apex** Apex: **rounded** Base: **rounded**  Surface: **rugose** Number of grooves: **high** 

### *Fatty Acid Composition*

**" Buscionetto "** *(synonymy: Biancolilla, Caltabellottese, Ianculidda, Oliva di Caltabellotta, etc.)* 

Innocenzo Muzzalupo 45

Areal distribution or origin area: **Sicilia** Flesh/pit weight ratio: **high (7,03 ± 0,74)**  Oil content (%): **medium (49,66 ± 2,79)**

*Morphological characters* 

Purpose: **oil**

*Tree characters*  Vigour: **medium**

*Leaf characters*

*Fruit characters*

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

Growth habit: **spreading**  Canopy-density: **dense**

*Inflorescence characters*

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

Lenticels: **few and large**

*Pit characters* 

Mucron: **absent**

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

Blade length (cm): **short (3,44 ± 0,38)**  Blade width (cm): **medium (1,38 ± 0,20)**  Shape (length/width): **elliptic—lanceolate** 

Inflorescence length (cm): **short (2,06 ± 0,68)**  Number of flowers: **low (12,90 ± 2,93)** 

Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **medium (3,91 ± 1,23)** 

Position of maximum transverse diameter:

Weight of 100 pits (g): **high (7,03 ± 0,74)** 

Position of maximum transverse diameter:

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

Symmetry: **slightly asymmetric**

Number of grooves: **low** 

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


## *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. 82-86.

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