**" Nocellara messinese "**

*(synonymy: Nuciddara, Verdella.)* 

Areal distribution or origin area: **Sicilia** Flesh/pit weight ratio: **high (7,99 ± 0,61)**  Oil content (%): **medium (47,17 ± 0,74)** Purpose: **dual purpose**

## *Morphological characters*

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

#### *Leaf characters*

*Biochemical Characters*

222 Olive Germplasm – Italian Catalogue of Olive Varieties

Myristic acid **0,01 ± 0,00** Palmitic acid **12,70 ± 1,32** Palmitoleic acid **0,76 ± 0,16** Stearic acid **2,57 ± 0,34** Oleic acid **69,54 ± 0,44**

*Fatty Acid Composition* 

*Organoleptic oil values* 

Sensory Analysis (*Panel test*)

*Molecular Markers* 

**References:** 

reported.

(2007), pp. 54-58.

**dium-high fluidity.**

*Comment:* **fruity medium-high, with taste of almond and artichoke, read sensations of tomato, grass and leaves. Balanced taste sensation with medium bitter and spicy. Me-**

Linoleic acid (ǚ6) **11,84 ± 1,83** Linolenic acid (ǚ3) **0,91 ± 0,07** Arachic acid **0,39 ± 0,11** Eicosenoic acid **0,14 ± 0,21** Behenic acid **0,11 ± 0,04**

*DCA09 DCA18 GAPU59 GAPU71A GUPA71B GAPU103A*  **172 - 182 181 - 181 212 - 212 210 - 210 124 - 144 159 - 184** 

*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 - 182 220 - 220** 

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 **0,06 ± 0,04** 

Unsat./satured **5,39 ± 0,57** ǚ6/ǚ3 **12,99 ± 1,61**

> Blade length (cm): **medium (6,49 ± 0,66)** Blade width (cm): **medium (1,19 ± 0,14)** Shape (length/width): **elliptic-lanceolate**

#### *Inflorescence characters*

Inflorescence length (cm): **short (2,49 ± 1,38)** Number of flowers: **low (17,81 ± 2,45)**

#### *Fruit characters*

Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **high (5,20 ± 0,68)** 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 (0,62 ± 1,75)** Shape (length/width): **ovoid**  Mucron: **absent** Symmetry: **symmetric**  Position of maximum transverse diameter: **central**  Apex: **rounded**  Base: **rounded**  Surface: **rugose**  Number of grooves: **medium** 

### *Fatty Acid Composition*

**" Nociara "** *(synonymy: Fra' Michele)*  Innocenzo Muzzalupo 225

Areal distribution or origin area: **Puglia** Flesh/pit weight ratio: **medium (6,27 ± 1,51)**  Oil content (%): **medium (46,65 ± 0,95)**

*Morphological characters* 

Purpose: **dual purpose**

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

Blade length (cm): **medium (5,86 ± 0,54)** Blade width (cm): **broad (1,91 ± 0,30)** Shape (length/width): **elliptic** 

Inflorescence length (cm): **long (3,67 ± 0,70)** Number of flowers: **medium (18,75 ± 2,82)**

Position of maximum transverse diameter:

Weight of 100 pits (g): **medium (0,45 ± 0,06)**

Position of maximum transverse diameter:

Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **medium (2,64 ± 0,68)**

*Tree characters*  Vigour: **medium** 

*Leaf characters*

*Fruit characters*

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

*Inflorescence characters*

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

Lenticels: **many and small** 

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

Number of grooves: **high** 

*Pit characters* 

Mucron: **absent** Symmetry: **asymmetric** 

**towards base**  Apex: **pointed**  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 taste of almond and tomato. Balanced taste sensation with 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 - Caruso T., Cartabellotta D., Motisi A., *et all*. In: *Cultivar di olivo siciliane*, Università degli Studi di Palermo (2007), pp. 112-116.

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