*Morphological characters*

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

## *Leaf characters*

*Biochemical Characters*

34 Olive Germplasm – Italian Catalogue of Olive Varieties

Myristic acid **0,01 ± 0,00**  Palmitic acid **16,03 ± 1,22** Palmitoleic acid **1,90 ± 0,24** Stearic acid **2,00 ± 0,21** Oleic acid **69,27 ± 1,16**

*Fatty Acid Composition* 

*Organoleptic oil values* 

Sensory Analysis (*Panel test*)

*Molecular Markers* 

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

**References:** 

97-9.

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

Linoleic acid (ǚ6) **7,92 ± 0,62** Linolenic acid (ǚ3) **0,80 ± 0,05** Arachic acid **0,28 ± 0,21** Eicosenoic acid **0,02 ± 0,00** Behenic acid **0,07 ± 0,01**

*DCA09 DCA18 GAPU59 GAPU71A GUPA71B GAPU103A*  **162 - 206 173 - 175 222 - 222 210 - 214 124 - 144 159 - 170** 

2 - Various authors. In: *Catalogo Nazionale delle Varietà di Olivo,* University of Bari (in press), ISBN 978-88-88793-

*UDO01 UDO03 UDO12 UDO28 UDO39*  **144 - 144 150 - 150 177 - 177 154 - 205 213 - 213** 

1 - Macrì T., Picone G., La Porta G. In : *Olivo e Olio,* (1988), 5: pp. 34-41.

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 **0,03 ± 0,01** 

Unsat./satured **4,41 ± 0,39** ǚ6/ǚ3 **9,98 ± 1,45**

> Blade length (cm): **short (4,58 ± 0,49)** Blade width (cm): **medium (1,25 ± 0,17)** Shape (length/width): **elliptic-lanceolate**

#### *Inflorescence characters*

Inflorescence length (cm): **short (2,47 ± 0,26)** Number of flowers: **low (14,83 ± 0,98)**

### *Fruit characters*

Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **medium (3,37 ± 0,08)** 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 (0,41 ± 0,07)** Shape (length/width): **elliptic**  Mucron: **absent**  Symmetry: **slightly asymmetric**  Position of maximum transverse diameter: **towards apex**  Apex: **rounded**  Base: **pointed**  Surface: **scabrous**  Number of grooves: **medium** 

### *Fatty Acid Composition*

**" Borgese "**

Innocenzo Muzzalupo 37

Areal distribution or origin area: **Calabria** Flesh/pit weight ratio: **medium (6,90 ± 1,07)**  Oil content (%): **medium (49,13 ± 2,04)**

*Morphological characters* 

Purpose: **dual purpose**

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**

Number of grooves: **low** 

*Pit characters* 

Mucron: **obvious**

**central** Apex: **pointed** Base: **rounded**  Surface: **rugose**

Blade length (cm): **long (7,53 ± 0,71)** Blade width (cm): **broad (1,68 ± 0,09)** Shape (length/width): **elliptic-lanceolate** 

Inflorescence length (cm): **short (2,19 ± 3,20)** Number of flowers: **medium (6,90 ± 1,07)**

Position of maximum transverse diameter:

Weight of 100 pits (g): **high (0,61 ± 0,10)**

Position of maximum transverse diameter:

Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **very high (6,13 ± 1,69)**

*Tree characters* 

*Leaf characters*

*Fruit characters*

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

*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 almond. Balanced in flavours, 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 - Consiglio Oleicolo Internazionale*.* In: *Catalogo Mondiale delle Varietà di Olivo,* COI (2003).

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