**" Dolce di Rossano "**

*(synonymy: Dolce, Rossanese, etc.)* 

Areal distribution or origin area: **Calabria** Flesh/pit weight ratio: **high (5,20 ± 0,29)**  Oil content (%): **medium (48,50 ± 0,53)** Purpose: **oil**

## *Morphological characters*

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

#### *Leaf characters*

*Biochemical Characters*

108 Olive Germplasm – Italian Catalogue of Olive Varieties

Myristic acid **0,01 ± 0,01**  Palmitic acid **9,47 ± 1,69** Palmitoleic acid **0,60 ± 0,05** Stearic acid **0,95 ± 0,23** Oleic acid **73,13 ± 2,46**

*Fatty Acid Composition* 

*Organoleptic oil values* 

Sensory Analysis (*Panel test*)

**spicy. Medium fluidity.**

*Molecular Markers* 

**References:** 

Ist. Sper. Olivic. (2004), pp. 49-52.

*Comment:* **fruity medium, with read sensations of almond and artichoke. Balanced taste sensation with a medium bitter and** 

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

Linoleic acid (ǚ6) **14,35 ± 1,15** Linolenic acid (ǚ3) **0,67 ± 0,03** Arachic acid **0,08 ± 0,09** Eicosenoic acid **0,02 ± 0,01** Behenic acid **0,03 ± 0,01**

*DCA09 DCA18 GAPU59 GAPU71A GUPA71B GAPU103A*  **162 - 198 181 - 181 208 - 208 214 - 224 130 - 130 150 - 157** 

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

*UDO01 UDO03 UDO12 UDO28 UDO39*  **144 - 144 143 - 143 177 - 177 182 - 205 108 - 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 **0,01 ± 0,00** 

Unsat./satured **8,54 ± 1,32** ǚ6/ǚ3 **21,47 ± 2,63**

> Blade length (cm): **medium (5,41 ± 0,54)** Blade width (cm): **medium (1,37 ± 0,17)** Shape (length/width): **elliptic**

#### *Inflorescence characters*

Inflorescence length (cm): **medium (2,98 ± 1,78)** Number of flowers: **medium (22,11 ± 5,65)**

#### *Fruit characters*

Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **low (1,93 ± 0,33)** 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): **elliptic** Mucron: **obvious** Symmetry: **symmetric** Position of maximum transverse diameter: **central** Apex: **pointed** Base: **rounded**  Surface: **rugose** Number of grooves: **medium** 

### *Fatty Acid Composition*

**" Dritta "** *(synonymy: Dolce San Felice, Dritta di Loreto, Dritta di Moscufo, San Felice, etc.)* 

Innocenzo Muzzalupo 111

Areal distribution or origin area: **Abruzzo** Flesh/pit weight ratio: **high (7,77 ± 0,44)**  Oil content (%): **medium (47,49 ± 3,03)**

*Morphological characters* 

Blade length (cm): **medium (5,60 ± 0,63)** Blade width (cm): **medium (1,35 ± 0,13)** Shape (length/width): **elliptic-lanceolate** 

Number of flowers: **low (16,14 ± 1,18)**

Inflorescence length (cm): **medium (2,95 ± 0,73)**

Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **medium (2,27 ± 0,04)**

Position of maximum transverse diameter:

Weight of 100 pits (g): **medium (0,31 ± 0,07)**

Position of maximum transverse diameter:

Purpose: **oil**

*Tree characters* 

*Leaf characters*

*Fruit characters*

**central**  Apex: **rounded**  Base: **rounded**  Niplle: **tenuous**

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

*Inflorescence characters*

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

Lenticels: **many and small** 

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

Number of grooves: **medium** 

*Pit characters* 

Mucron: **obvious**  Symmetry: **symmetric** 

**towards apex**  Apex: **rounded**  Base: **pointed**  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 hints of almond and read sensations of grass and artichoke. Balanced taste sensation with a medium 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 - Lombardo N., Perri E., Muzzalupo I., *et al.* In: *Il germoplasma olivicolo calabrese*, Ist. Sper. Olivic.(2003), pp. 5-6.

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

<sup>2 -</sup> Perri E., Mazzotti F., Muzzalupo I., *et al.* In: *Relazione attività, CO.R.ASS.OL.* (2003).
