**" Corsicana da olio "**

Areal distribution or origin area: **Sardegna** Flesh/pit weight ratio: **low (4,29 ± 0,08)**  Oil content (%): **medium (44,35 ± 3,34)** Purpose: **oil**

## *Morphological characters*

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

#### *Leaf characters*

*Biochemical Characters*

96 Olive Germplasm – Italian Catalogue of Olive Varieties

Myristic acid **0,00 ± 0,00**  Palmitic acid **14,09 ± 0,17** Palmitoleic acid **0,92 ± 0,02** Stearic acid **2,25 ± 0,30** Oleic acid **70,06 ± 0,71**

*Fatty Acid Composition* 

*Organoleptic oil values* 

Sensory Analysis (*Panel test*)

**Medium-light fluidity.**

*Molecular Markers* 

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

For each *locus* the allele size (expressed in base pairs) is reported.

**References:** 

97-9.

*Comment:* **fruity medium, with hints of grass, almond and artichoke. Balanced taste sensation with a medium-light bitter and spicy.** 

Linoleic acid (ǚ6) **9,89 ± 0,10** Linolenic acid (ǚ3) **0,91 ± 0,03** Arachic acid **0,40 ± 0,23** Eicosenoic acid **0,21 ± 0,26** Behenic acid **0,12 ± 0,08**

*DCA09 DCA18 GAPU59 GAPU71A GUPA71B GAPU103A*  **172 - 194 181 - 185 212 - 222 212 - 214 130 - 144 170 - 184** 

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

*UDO01 UDO03 UDO12 UDO28 UDO39*  **150 - 150 135 - 135 177 - 193 161 - 182 200 - 200** 

1 - Pannelli G., Alfei B., Santinelli A. In: *Varietà di olivo nelle Marche.* ASSAM (2001), pp. 37-40.

*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 ± 0,05** 

Unsat./satured **4,93 ± 0,12** ǚ6/ǚ3 **10,84 ± 0,49**

> Blade length (cm): **medium (5,02 ± 0,46)** Blade width (cm): **medium (1,44 ± 0,20)** Shape (length/width): **elliptic**

#### *Inflorescence characters*

Inflorescence length (cm): **long (3,55 ± 0,43)** Number of flowers: **low (17,55 ± 1,72)**

#### *Fruit characters*

Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **medium (2,65 ± 0,06)** 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 (0,51 ± 0,01)** Shape (length/width): **elliptic**  Mucron: **obvious**  Symmetry: **slightly asymmetric**  Position of maximum transverse diameter: **towards apex**  Apex: **rounded**  Base: **rounded**  Surface: **smooth**  Number of grooves: **low** 

### *Fatty Acid Composition*

**" Crognalegna "**

Innocenzo Muzzalupo 99

Areal distribution or origin area: **Abruzzo** Flesh/pit weight ratio: **low (4,84 ± 0,09)**  Oil content (%): **medium (44,16 ± 2,09)**

*Morphological characters* 

Purpose: **dual purpose**

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

*Leaf characters*

*Fruit characters*

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

Blade length (cm): **short (4,45 ± 0,38)** Blade width (cm): **medium (1,16 ± 0,14)**

Inflorescence length (cm): **medium (3,06 ± 0,97)** Number of flowers: **medium (16,54 ± 2,23)**

Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **medium (2,37 ± 0,61)**

Position of maximum transverse diameter:

Weight of 100 pits (g): **medium (0,42 ± 0,13)**

Position of maximum transverse diameter:

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

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

Lenticels: **many and small** 

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

Simmetry: **slightly asymmetric** 

Number of grooves: **high** 

*Pit characters* 

Mucron: **obvious** 

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

*Inflorescence characters*

*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, with taste of almond, read sensations of artichoke and aromatic herbs. Balanced taste sensation with 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 - Bandino G., Sedda P., Moro C., *et al.* In: *Atti Convegno Nazionale Biodiversità*, Ed. Delfino (2000), pp. 243-246.

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