**" Buscionetto "**

*(synonymy: Biancolilla, Caltabellottese, Ianculidda, Oliva di Caltabellotta, etc.)* 

Areal distribution or origin area: **Sicilia** Flesh/pit weight ratio: **high (7,03 ± 0,74)**  Oil content (%): **medium (49,66 ± 2,79)** Purpose: **oil**

## *Morphological characters*

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

#### *Leaf characters*

*Biochemical Characters*

44 Olive Germplasm – Italian Catalogue of Olive Varieties

Myristic acid **0,01 ± 0,00** Palmitic acid **12,71 ± 1,00** Palmitoleic acid **1,33 ± 0,65** Stearic acid **1,54 ± 0,32** Oleic acid **71,32 ± 2,67**

*Fatty Acid Composition* 

*Organoleptic oil values* 

Sensory Analysis (*Panel test*)

*Molecular Markers* 

**fluidity.**

**References:** 

reported.

(2007), pp. 82-86.

*Comment:* **fruity medium-light, with taste of almond, read sensations of tomato and aromatic herbs. Balanced taste sensation with medium bitter and spicy. Medium** 

Linoleic acid (ǚ6) **10,47 ± 0,05** Linolenic acid (ǚ3) **0,91 ± 0,03** Arachic acid **0,21 ± 0,05** Eicosenoic acid **0,03 ± 0,01** Behenic acid **0,06 ± 0,01**

*DCA09 DCA18 GAPU59 GAPU71A GUPA71B GAPU103A*  **176 - 206 179 - 179 208 - 212 210 - 214 126 - 144 136 - 159** 

*Table 2.* Microsatellites (SSR) *loci* analyzed. For each *locus* the allele size (expressed in base pairs) is

1 - Caruso T., Cartabellotta D., Motisi A., *et all*. In: *Cultivar di olivo siciliane*, Università degli Studi di Palermo

*UDO01 UDO03 UDO12 UDO28 UDO39*  **144 - 144 150 - 150 166 - 193 143 - 143 213 - 232** 

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

*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 **0,03 ± 0,00** 

Unsat./satured **5,87 ± 0,67** ǚ6/ǚ3 **11,51 ± 0,42**

> Blade length (cm): **short (3,44 ± 0,38)**  Blade width (cm): **medium (1,38 ± 0,20)**  Shape (length/width): **elliptic—lanceolate**

#### *Inflorescence characters*

Inflorescence length (cm): **short (2,06 ± 0,68)**  Number of flowers: **low (12,90 ± 2,93)** 

#### *Fruit characters*

Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **medium (3,91 ± 1,23)**  Shape (length/width): **ovoid** Symmetry: **slightly asymmetric** Position of maximum transverse diameter: **central** Apex: **rounded** Base: **truncate** Niplle: **tenuous** Lenticels: **few and large**

#### *Pit characters*

Weight of 100 pits (g): **high (7,03 ± 0,74)**  Shape (length/width): **elliptic** Mucron: **absent** Symmetry: **slightly asymmetric** Position of maximum transverse diameter: **central** Apex: **pointed** Base: **rounded**  Surface: **rugose** Number of grooves: **low** 

### *Fatty Acid Composition*

**" Cacaredda "**

Innocenzo Muzzalupo 47

Areal distribution or origin area: **Sicilia** Flesh/pit weight ratio: **medium (6,57 ± 0,50)**  Oil content (%): **medium (48,89 ± 1,18)**

*Morphological characters* 

Purpose: **oil**

*Tree characters*  Vigour: **medium** 

*Leaf characters*

*Fruit characters*

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

*Inflorescence characters*

Symmetry: **symmetric** 

Lenticels: **few and small** 

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

Number of grooves: **medium** 

*Pit characters* 

Mucron: **obvious**  Simmetry: **symmetric** 

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

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

Blade length (cm): **medium (5,48 ± 0,39)**  Blade width (cm): **medium (1,35 ± 0,12)**  Shape (length/width): **elliptic-lanceolate** 

Number of flowers: **low (14,09 ± 0,39)** 

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

Inflorescence length (cm): **medium (2,73 ± 1,01)** 

Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **medium (3,74 ± 0,11)**

Position of maximum transverse diameter:

Weight of 100 pits (g): **high (0,50 ± 0,05)** 

Position of maximum transverse diameter:

*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 - Caruso T., Cartabellotta D., Motisi A., *et all*. In: *Cultivar di olivo siciliane*, Università degli Studi di Palermo (2007), pp. 29-34.

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