*Morphological characters*

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

## *Leaf characters*

*Biochemical Characters*

228 Olive Germplasm – Italian Catalogue of Olive Varieties

Myristic acid **0,01 ± 0,00**  Palmitic acid **11,09 ± 0,17** Palmitoleic acid **1,00 ± 0,04** Stearic acid **1,74 ± 0,07** Oleic acid **72,90 ± 3,65**

*Fatty Acid Composition* 

*Organoleptic oil values* 

Sensory Analysis (*Panel test*)

**intensity. Medium fluidity.**

*Molecular Markers* 

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

**References:** 

Ist. Sper. Olivic. (2004), pp. 57-60.

*Comment:* **fruity medium - light, with hints of artichoke and almond. Balanced in flavours, with hints of bitter and spicy medium-light** 

Linoleic acid (ǚ6) **11,05 ± 0,21** Linolenic acid (ǚ3) **0,87 ± 0,16** Arachic acid **0,22 ± 0,01** Eicosenoic acid **0,02 ± 0,01** Behenic acid **0,06 ± 0,01**

*DCA09 DCA18 GAPU59 GAPU71A GUPA71B GAPU103A*  **162 - 182 177 - 185 208 - 208 214 - 214 124 - 144 150 - 157** 

1 - Lombardo N., Perri E., Muzzalupo I., *et al.* In: *Contributo alla caratterizzazione del germoplasma olivicolo pugliese*,

*UDO01 UDO03 UDO12 UDO28 UDO39*  **144 - 144 153 - 153 166 - 177 150 - 182 108 - 170** 

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 **0,02 ± 0,01** 

Unsat./satured **6,62 ± 0,35** ǚ6/ǚ3 **12,89 ± 2,06**

> Blade length (cm): **medium (5,92 ± 0,81)** Blade width (cm): **broad (1,63 ± 0,14)** Shape (length/width): **elliptic**

#### *Inflorescence characters*

Inflorescence length (cm): **long (3,62 ± 0,29)** Number of flowers: **low (16,88 ± 2,11)**

#### *Fruit characters*

Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **medium (2,47 ± 0,19)** Shape (length/width): **ovoid**  Symmetry: **slightly asymmetric**  Position of maximum transverse diameter: **central**  Apex: **rounded**  Base: **rounded**  Niplle: **absent** Lenticels: **many and large** 

*Pit characters*  Weight of 100 pits (g): **high (0,49 ± 0,13)** Shape (length/width): **elliptic**  Mucron: **obvious**  Symmetry: **symmetric**  Position of maximum transverse diameter: **central**  Apex: **rounded**  Base: **rounded**  Surface: **rugose**  Number of grooves: **high** 

### *Fatty Acid Composition*

**" Nostrale di Rigali "** *(synonymy: Borciona, Limona, Nostrale, Oliva, etc.)*  Innocenzo Muzzalupo 231

Areal distribution or origin area: **Umbria** Flesh/pit weight ratio: **high (7,97 ± 1,39)**  Oil content (%): **high (51,02 ± 1,57)**

*Morphological characters* 

Blade length (cm): **medium(6,60 ± 0,63)**  Blade width (cm): **medium(1,21 ± 0,17)**  Shape (length/width): **elliptic—lanceolate** 

Number of flowers: **low (16,21 ± 1,62)** 

Inflorescence length (cm): **medium (2,88 ± 0,15)** 

Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **high (4,52 ± 0,11)**

Position of maximum transverse diameter:

Weight of 100 pits (g): **high (0,52 ± 0,06)** 

Position of maximum transverse diameter:

Purpose: **oil**

*Tree characters* 

*Leaf characters*

*Fruit characters*

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

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

*Inflorescence characters*

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

Lenticels: **many and small** 

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

Symmetry: **slightly asymmetric** 

*Pit characters* 

Mucron: **absent** 

**central**  Apex: **rounded**  Base: **rounded**  Surface: **scabrous**  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.


Sensory Analysis (*Panel test*)

*Comment:* **fruity medium, with hints of artichoke, grass and almond. Balanced in flavours, with hints of bitter and spicy medium intensity, medium fluidity.** 

## *Molecular Markers*

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

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


#### **References:**

1 - Parlati M. V., Pandolfi S., In: *Olivo e Olio*, (2001), 4: pp. 67-72.

2 - Muzzalupo I., Stefanizzi F., Bucci C., *et al.* In *Acta Italus Hortus,* (2011), 1: 138 –140.
