**" Ascolana semitenera "**

Areal distribution or origin area: **Marche** Flesh/pit weight ratio: **medium (5,91 ± 0,21)**  Oil content (%): **medium (45,27 ± 1,48)** Purpose: **table**

## *Morphological characters*

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

#### *Leaf characters*

*Biochemical Characters*

26 Olive Germplasm – Italian Catalogue of Olive Varieties

Myristic acid **0,01 ± 0,00**  Palmitic acid **15,05 ± 0,02** Palmitoleic acid **3,07 ± 0,04** Stearic acid **1,64 ± 0,04** Oleic acid **65,48 ± 0,52**

*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 tomato. 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) **10,92 ± 0,04** Linolenic acid (ǚ3) **0,78 ± 0,01** Arachic acid **0,19 ± 0,01** Eicosenoic acid **0,02 ± 0,00** Behenic acid **0,07 ± 0,01**

*DCA09 DCA18 GAPU59 GAPU71A GUPA71B GAPU103A*  **198 - 206 177 - 181 214 - 222 214 - 224 124 - 130 136 - 157** 

*UDO01 UDO03 UDO12 UDO28 UDO39*  **140 - 140 143 - 143 166 - 166 182 - 210 200 - 200** 

1 - Pannelli G., Alfei B., Santinelli A. In: *Varietà di olivo nelle Marche*, ASSAM (2001), pp. 13-16. 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 ± 0,01** 

Unsat./satured **4,76 ± 0,03** ǚ6/ǚ3 **14,00 ± 0,30**

> Blade length (cm): **medium (6,20 ± 0,34)** Blade width (cm): **medium (1,20 ± 0,01)** Shape (length/width): **elliptic-lanceolate**

#### *Inflorescence characters*

Inflorescence length (cm): **long (3,54 ± 2,20)** Number of flowers: **medium (18,81 ± 0,53)**

#### *Fruit characters*

Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **high (4,74 ± 0,33)** Shape (length/width): **spherical**  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): **high (0,68± 0,08)** Shape (length/width): **ovoid**  Mucron: **obvious**  Symmetry: **slightly asymmetric**  Position of maximum transverse diameter: **central**  Apex: **rounded**  Base: **rounded**  Surface: **rugose**  Number of grooves: **medium** 

#### *Fatty Acid Composition*

**" Ascolana tenera "** *(synonymy: Noce, Oliva noce, Oliva grossa, etc.)*  Innocenzo Muzzalupo 29

Areal distribution or origin area: **Marche** Flesh/pit weight ratio: **high (9,30 ± 0,16)**  Oil content (%): **medium (43,22 ± 1,96)**

*Morphological characters* 

Blade length (cm): **medium (5,79 ± 0,53)** Blade width (cm): **medium (1,42 ± 0,19)** Shape (length/width): **elliptic-lanceolate** 

Inflorescence length (cm): **short (2,49 ± 1,86)** Number of flowers: **low (16,76 ± 1,01)**

Position of maximum transverse diameter:

Weight of 100 pits (g): **high (0,66 ± 0,14)**

Position of maximum transverse diameter:

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

Number of grooves: **high** 

Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **very high (7,04 ± 1,27)**

Purpose: **table**

*Tree characters* 

*Leaf characters*

*Fruit characters*

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

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

*Inflorescence characters*

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

Lenticels: **few and small** 

*Pit characters* 

Mucron: **obvious**  Symmetry: **symmetric** 

**towards apex**  Apex: **pointed**  Base: **pointed**  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 good sensation of grass, artichoke and tomato. Balanced in flavors, with hints of bitter and spicy medium-high intensity. 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 - Jacoboni N., Fontanazza G. In: *Le Cultivar*, Ed. Reda l'Olivo (1981), pp. 9-52.

2 - Muzzalupo I., Lombardo N., Salimonti A., *et al. Adv. Hort. Sci*. (2008), 22(2): pp. 142-148.
