**" Toscanina "**

*(synonymy: Oliva a grappa)* 

Areal distribution or origin area: **Puglia** Flesh/pit weight ratio: **low (4,51 ± 0,61)**  Oil content (%): **medium (39,79 ± 0,02)** Purpose: **oil**

## *Morphological characters*

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

#### *Leaf characters*

*Biochemical Characters*

402 Olive Germplasm – Italian Catalogue of Olive Varieties

Myristic acid **0,01 ± 0,01**  Palmitic acid **10,90 ± 0,87** Palmitoleic acid **0,85 ± 0,21** Stearic acid **2,19 ± 0,40** Oleic acid **74,46 ± 1,93**

*Fatty Acid Composition* 

*Organoleptic oil values* 

Sensory Analysis (*Panel test*)

*Molecular Markers* 

**References:** 

**idity.** 

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

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

Linoleic acid (ǚ6) **9,45 ± 0,50** Linolenic acid (ǚ3) **0,88 ± 0,01** Arachic acid **0,43 ± 0,11** Eicosenoic acid **0,16 ± 0,19** Behenic acid **0,10 ± 0,02**

*DCA09 DCA18 GAPU59 GAPU71A GUPA71B GAPU103A*  **198 - 206 179 - 181 208 - 212 214 - 224 124 - 126 159 - 170** 

*UDO01 UDO03 UDO12 UDO28 UDO39*  **144 - 144 166 - 166 177 - 177 154 - 210 220 - 243** 

1 - Pietrangeli E., Russo A., In: *Olivi D'Abruzzo*, Grafiche di Prinzio (1997), pp. 32-33. 2 - Muzzalupo I., Salimonti A., Caravita M. A., *et al. Adv. Hort. Sci*. (2008), 22(2): pp. 129-135.

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 **0,04 ± 0,01** 

Unsat./satured **6,47 ± 0,79** ǚ6/ǚ3 **10,73 ± 0,72**

> Blade length (cm): **medium (5,44 ± 0,80)**  Blade width (cm): **medium (1,47 ± 0,27)**  Shape (length/width): **elliptic**

#### *Inflorescence characters*

Inflorescence length (cm): **medium (3,14 ± 0,58)**  Number of flowers: **medium (16,62 ± 1,87)** 

#### *Fruit characters*

Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **low (1,78 ± 0,27)**  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): **medium (0,30 ± 0,04)**  Shape (length/width): **ovoid**  Mucron: **absent**  Symmetry: **symmetric**  Position of maximum transverse diameter: **central**  Apex: **pointed**  Base: **rounded**  Surface: **rugose**  Number of grooves: **medium** 

#### *Fatty Acid Composition*

**" Tunnulidda "** *(synonymy: Marsalesa, Marsalese, Marsalisa, etc.)*  Innocenzo Muzzalupo 405

Areal distribution or origin area: **Sicilia** Flesh/pit weight ratio: **medium (5,93 ± 1,02)**  Oil content (%): **medium (49,72 ± 1,28)**

*Morphological characters* 

Purpose: **oil** 

*Tree characters* 

*Leaf characters*

*Fruit characters*

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

Vigour: **medium-strong**  Growth habit: **erect** 

Canopy-density: **medium-dense** 

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

*Inflorescence characters*

Symmetry: **symmetric** 

Lenticels: **few and large** 

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

Number of grooves: **medium** 

*Pit characters* 

Mucron: **abvious**  Symmetry: **symmetric** 

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

Blade length (cm): **medium (5,52 ± 0,44)** Blade width (cm): **medium (1,40 ± 0,19)**

Number of flowers: **low (15,73 ± 2,57)**

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

Inflorescence length (cm): **medium (2,72 ± 0,11)**

Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **medium (3,72 ± 0,29)**

Position of maximum transverse diameter:

Weight of 100 pits (g): **high (0,54 ± 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.


Sensory Analysis (*Panel test*)

*Comment:* **fruity medium, with hints of almond and grass, read sensations of soft fruits. Balanced taste sensation with a medium-high 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 - Lombardo N., Perri E., Muzzalupo I., *et al.* In: *Contributo alla caratterizzazione del germoplasma olivicolo pugliese*, Ist. Sper. Olivic. (2004), pp. 97-100.

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