**" Romanella molisana "**

Areal distribution or origin area: **Molise** Flesh/pit weight ratio: **low (4,85 ± 0,76)**  Oil content (%): **medium (47,97 ± 0,86)** Purpose: **oil**

## *Morphological characters*

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

#### *Leaf characters*

*Biochemical Characters*

330 Olive Germplasm – Italian Catalogue of Olive Varieties

Myristic acid **0,01 ± 0,01**  Palmitic acid **12,77 ± 0,50** Palmitoleic acid **2,03 ± 0,03** Stearic acid **2,16 ± 0,05** Oleic acid **70,94 ± 0,03**

*Fatty Acid Composition* 

*Organoleptic oil values* 

Sensory Analysis (*Panel test*)

*Molecular Markers* 

**fluidity.**

**References:** 

Napoli, (2000).

*Comment:* **fruity medium, with taste of aromatic herbs and leaves. Balanced taste sensation with medium bitter and spicy. Medium** 

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

Linoleic acid (ǚ6) **8,75 ± 0,05** Linolenic acid (ǚ3) **0,69 ± 0,02** Arachic acid **0,24 ± 0,05** Eicosenoic acid **0,17 ± 0,21** Behenic acid **0,09 ± 0,04**

*DCA09 DCA18 GAPU59 GAPU71A GUPA71B GAPU103A*  **172 - 194 177 - 179 214 - 218 214 - 214 124 - 144 150 - 157** 

1 - Pugliano G., Flaminio G., Pugliano M.L., *et al.* In: *La risorsa genetica dell'olivo in Campania,* SE. S.I.R.C.A. Ed.

*UDO01 UDO03 UDO12 UDO28 UDO39*  **140 - 140 143 - 143 177 - 177 161 - 161 213 - 232** 

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 **0,05 ± 0,04** 

Unsat./satured **5,45 ± 0,15** ǚ6/ǚ3 **12,71 ± 0,36**

> Blade length (cm): **medium (5,66 ± 0,53)** Blade width (cm): **medium (1,43 ± 0,13)** Shape (length/width): **elliptic**

#### *Inflorescence characters*

Inflorescence length (cm): **medium (3,23 ± 0,52)** Number of flowers: **medium (22,17 ± 1,62)**

#### *Fruit characters*

Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **low (1,95 ± 0,04)** Shape (length/width): **spherical**  Symmetry: **symmetric**  Position of maximum transverse diameter: **central**  Apex: **rounded**  Base: **truncate**  Niplle: **absent** Lenticels: **many and small** 

*Pit characters*  Weight of 100 pits (g): **medium (0,34 ± 0,04)** Shape (length/width): **ovoid**  Mucron: **absent**  Symmetry: **slightly asymmetric**  Position of maximum transverse diameter: **central**  Apex: **rounded**  Base: **rounded**  Surface: **rugose**  Number of grooves: **medium** 

### *Fatty Acid Composition*

**" Rosciola Coltodino "**

Innocenzo Muzzalupo 333

Areal distribution or origin area: **Lazio** Flesh/pit weight ratio: **medium (5,53 ± 1,00)**  Oil content (%): **medium (45,60 ± 1,66)**

*Morphological characters* 

Blade length (cm): **medium (5,49 ± 0,43)** Blade width (cm): **medium (1,23 ± 0,11)** Shape (length/width): **elliptic-lanceolate** 

Inflorescence length (cm): **medium (3,65 ± 0,49)** Number of flowers: **medium (24,04 ± 2,31)**

Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **low (1,65 ± 0,08)**

Position of maximum transverse diameter:

Weight of 100 pits (g): **low (0,26 ± 0,05)**

Position of maximum transverse diameter:

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

Purpose: **oil**

*Tree characters*  Vigour: **weak** 

*Leaf characters*

*Fruit characters*

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

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

*Inflorescence characters*

Symmetry: **symmetric** 

Lenticels: **few and small** 

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

Symmetry: **slightly asymmetric** 

Number of grooves: **medium** 

*Pit characters* 

Mucron: **obvious** 

**central**  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 read sensations of grass, tomato and artichoke. Balanced taste sensation with a medium 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 - Ente regionale di sviluppo agricolo per il Molise. In: *Il germoplasma dell'olivo nel Molise*, Quaderno divulgativo dell'ERSA (2000), n° 5.

2 - Muzzalupo I., Salimonti A., Caravita M. A., *et al. Adv. Hort. Sci*. (2008), 22(2): pp. 129-135.
