**" Borgese "**

Areal distribution or origin area: **Calabria** Flesh/pit weight ratio: **medium (6,90 ± 1,07)**  Oil content (%): **medium (49,13 ± 2,04)** Purpose: **dual purpose**

## *Morphological characters*

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

#### *Leaf characters*

*Biochemical Characters*

36 Olive Germplasm – Italian Catalogue of Olive Varieties

Myristic acid **0,01 ± 0,00**  Palmitic acid **11,47 ± 0,73** Palmitoleic acid **1,18 ± 0,43** Stearic acid **2,14 ± 0,84** Oleic acid **74,60 ± 0,66**

*Fatty Acid Composition* 

*Organoleptic oil values* 

Sensory Analysis (*Panel test*)

*Molecular Markers* 

**fluidity.**

**References:** 

*Comment:* **fruity medium-high, with good sensation of grass, artichoke and almond. Balanced in flavours, with hints of bitter and spicy medium-high intensity. Medium-high** 

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

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

Linoleic acid (ǚ6) **8,26 ± 0,01** Linolenic acid (ǚ3) **0,96 ± 0,03** Arachic acid **0,30 ± 0,00** Eicosenoic acid **0,02 ± 0,00** Behenic acid **0,10 ± 0,04**

*DCA09 DCA18 GAPU59 GAPU71A GUPA71B GAPU103A*  **182 - 182 177 - 185 214 - 214 214 - 224 130 - 130 136 - 157** 

*UDO01 UDO03 UDO12 UDO28 UDO39*  **140 - 140 150 - 150 166 - 193 182 - 205 213 - 232** 

1 - Consiglio Oleicolo Internazionale*.* In: *Catalogo Mondiale delle Varietà di Olivo,* COI (2003). 2 - Muzzalupo I., Lombardo N., Salimonti A., *et al. Adv. Hort. Sci*. (2008), 22(2): pp. 142-148.

*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 ± 0,02** 

Unsat./satured **6,13 ± 0,11** ǚ6/ǚ3 **8,61 ± 0,24**

> Blade length (cm): **long (7,53 ± 0,71)** Blade width (cm): **broad (1,68 ± 0,09)** Shape (length/width): **elliptic-lanceolate**

#### *Inflorescence characters*

Inflorescence length (cm): **short (2,19 ± 3,20)** Number of flowers: **medium (6,90 ± 1,07)**

#### *Fruit characters*

Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **very high (6,13 ± 1,69)** Shape (length/width): **ovoid** 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 (0,61 ± 0,10)** Shape (length/width): **elliptic** Mucron: **obvious** Symmetry: **slightly asymmetric** Position of maximum transverse diameter: **central** Apex: **pointed** Base: **rounded**  Surface: **rugose** Number of grooves: **low** 

### *Fatty Acid Composition*

**" Borgiona "** *(synonymy: Basciona, Borgiana, Borsciona, Morcona, etc.)* 

Innocenzo Muzzalupo 39

Areal distribution or origin area: **Umbria** Flesh/pit weight ratio: **medium (6,41 ± 0,68)**  Oil content (%): **medium (45,46 ± 0,73)**

*Morphological characters* 

Blade length (cm): **medium (5,25 ± 0,53)** Blade width (cm): **medium (1,18 ± 0,14)** Shape (length/width): **elliptic-lanceolate** 

Inflorescence length (cm): **long (3,74 ± 1,65)** Number of flowers: **medium (18,04 ± 2,69)**

Position of maximum transverse diameter:

Weight of 100 pits (g): **high (0,48 ± 0,05)**

Position of maximum transverse diameter:

Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **medium (3,52 ± 0,35)**

Purpose: **oil**

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

*Leaf characters*

*Fruit characters*

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

*Inflorescence characters*

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

Lenticels: **many and small** 

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

Symmetry: **slightly asymmetric** 

Number of grooves: **medium** 

*Pit characters* 

Mucron: **obvious** 

**towards apex**  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-high, with hints of almond and tomato, read sensations of grass and leaves. Balanced taste sensation with a light 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 - Lombardo N., Perri E., Muzzalupo I., *et al.* In: *Il germoplasma olivicolo calabrese*, Ist. Sper. Olivic.(2003), pp. 19.

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

<sup>2 -</sup> Perri E., Mazzotti F., Muzzalupo I., *et al.* In: *Relazione attività, CO.R.ASS.OL.* (2003).
