**" Castricianella Rapparina "**

Areal distribution or origin area: **Sicilia** Flesh/pit weight ratio: **medium (6,66 ± 3,76)**  Oil content (%): **medium (46,10 ± 1,80)** Purpose: **oil**

## *Morphological characters*

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

*Biochemical Characters*

66 Olive Germplasm – Italian Catalogue of Olive Varieties

Myristic acid **0,01 ± 0,00**  Palmitic acid **0,02 ± 0,01** Palmitoleic acid **1,51 ± 0,64** Stearic acid **1,62 ± 0,04** Oleic acid **69,03 ± 0,24**

*Fatty Acid Composition* 

*Organoleptic oil values* 

Sensory Analysis (*Panel test*)

*Molecular Markers* 

**fluidity.**

**References:** 

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

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

Linoleic acid (ǚ6) **11,25 ± 0,38** Linolenic acid (ǚ3) **0,80 ± 0,09** Arachic acid **0,30 ± 0,14** Eicosenoic acid **0,44 ± 0,06** Behenic acid **0,10 ± 0,00**

*DCA09 DCA18 GAPU59 GAPU71A GUPA71B GAPU103A*  **198 - 206 163 - 181 208 - 212 210 - 214 126 - 126 159 - 184** 

*UDO01 UDO03 UDO12 UDO28 UDO39*  **144 - 144 150 - 150 166 - 193 154 - 210 205 - 232** 

1 - Pietrangeli E., Russo A., In: *Olivi D'Abruzzo*, Grafiche di Prinzio (1997), pp. 32-33. 2 - Muzzalupo I., Salimonti A., Caravita M. A., *et al. Adv. Hort. Sci*. (2008), 22(2): pp. 129-135.

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 **0,05 ± 0,03** 

Unsat./satured **5,20 ± 0,01** ǚ6/ǚ3 **14,27 ± 2,13**

> *Leaf characters* Blade length (cm): **medium (6,30 ± 0,55)** Blade width (cm): **medium (1,27 ± 0,12)** Shape (length/width): **elliptic-lanceolate**

*Inflorescence characters* Inflorescence length (cm): **medium (2,94 ± 0,90)** Number of flowers: **medium (21,32 ± 1,63)**

*Fruit characters* Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **medium (2,20 ± 0,90)** Shape (length/width): **ovoid**  Symmetry: **slightly asymmetric** Position of maximum transverse diameter: **central** Apex: **rounded**  Base: **truncate**  Niplle: **tenuous** Lenticels: **many and small** 

*Pit characters*  Weight of 100 pits (g): **medium (0,30 ± 0,03)** 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*

**" Cavalieri "**

Innocenzo Muzzalupo 69

Areal distribution or origin area: **Sicilia** Flesh/pit weight ratio: **medium (7,06 ± 1,59)**  Oil content (%): **medium (48,12 ± 1,37)**

*Morphological characters* 

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

Blade length (cm): **medium (5,66 ± 0,44)** Blade width (cm): **narrow (0,99 ± 0,12)** Shape (length/width): **elliptic—lanceolate** 

Inflorescence length (cm): **medium (2,72 ± 1,33)** Number of flowers: **medium (18,04 ± 2,69)**

Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **medium (2,71 ± 0,26)**

Position of maximum transverse diameter:

Weight of 100 pits (g): **medium (0,34 ± 0,03)**

Position of maximum transverse diameter:

Purpose: **oil**

*Tree characters*  Vigour: **weak** 

*Leaf characters*

*Fruit characters*

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

*Inflorescence characters*

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

Lenticels: **many and small** 

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

Symmetry: **slightly asymmetric** 

Number of grooves: **low** 

*Pit characters* 

Mucron: **tenuous**

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

*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 read sensations of grass and artichoke. Balanced taste sensation with a medium-high bitter and spicy. Medium-high 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. In: *Le risorse genetiche vegetali presso gli* IRSA, MIPAF (2001), 1: pp. 361-405.

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