**" Gentile nera di Colletorto "**

*(synonymy: Colletortese, Gentile di Colletorto, Noccioluta, Oliva nera di Colletorto, etc.)* 

Areal distribution or origin area: **Molise** Flesh/pit weight ratio: **low (4,35 ± 0,11)**  Oil content (%): **medium (43,56 ± 1,26)** Purpose: **oil**

## *Morphological characters*

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

#### *Leaf characters*

*Biochemical Characters*

134 Olive Germplasm – Italian Catalogue of Olive Varieties

Myristic acid **0,01 ± 0,00**  Palmitic acid **12,30 ± 1,49** Palmitoleic acid **0,63 ± 0,41** Stearic acid **2,35 ± 0,53** Oleic acid **73,59 ± 0,07**

*Fatty Acid Composition* 

*Organoleptic oil values* 

Sensory Analysis (*Panel test*)

*Molecular Markers* 

**fluidity.**

**References:** 

97-9.

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

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

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

Linoleic acid (ǚ6) **9,46 ± 2,14** Linolenic acid (ǚ3) **1,03 ± 0,36** Arachic acid **0,33 ± 0,09** Eicosenoic acid **0,02 ± 0,00** Behenic acid **0,08 ± 0,01**

*DCA09 DCA18 GAPU59 GAPU71A GUPA71B GAPU103A*  **172 - 194 169 - 179 208 - 212 214 - 214 124 - 130 150 - 184** 

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

*UDO01 UDO03 UDO12 UDO28 UDO39*  **140 - 140 150 - 150 166 - 193 182 - 182 213 - 213** 

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

*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 ± 0,00** 

Unsat./satured **5,77 ± 0,93** ǚ6/ǚ3 **9,44 ± 1,25**

> Blade length (cm): **medium (5,35 ± 0,45)** Blade width (cm): **medium (1,10 ± 0,12)** Shape (length/width): **elliptic-lanceolate**

#### *Inflorescence characters*

Inflorescence length (cm): **short (2,34 ± 0,75)** Number of flowers: **low (13,08± 0,00)**

#### *Fruit characters*

Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **medium (2,66 ± 0,08)** Shape (length/width): **ovoid**  Symmetry: **slightly asymmetric**  Position of maximum transverse diameter: **central**  Apex: **rounded**  Base: **truncate**  Niplle: **tenuous** Lenticels: **few and small** 

*Pit characters*  Weight of 100 pits (g): **high (0,50 ± 0,01)** Shape (length/width): **ovoid**  Mucron: **obvious**  Symmetry: **slightly asymmetric**  Position of maximum transverse diameter: **towards apex**  Apex: **rounded**  Base: **rounded**  Surface: **smooth**  Number of grooves: **medium** 

### *Fatty Acid Composition*

**" Geracese "** *(synonymy: Dolce di Gerace, Mammolese, Oliva grossa, Oliva di Bianco, Paesana, etc.)* 

Innocenzo Muzzalupo 137

Areal distribution or origin area: **Calabria** Flesh/pit weight ratio: **high (8,35 ± 0,60)**  Oil content (%): **medium (47,02 ± 0,28)**

*Morphological characters* 

Blade length (cm): **medium (5,62 ± 0,57)**  Blade width (cm): **medium (1,28 ± 0,01)** Shape (length/width): **elliptic—lanceolate** 

Inflorescence length (cm): **short (2,21 ± 1,78)** Number of flowers: **low (12,58 ± 1,38)**

Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **medium (2,74 ± 0,33)**

Position of maximum transverse diameter:

Weight of 100 pits (g): **medium (0,43 ± 0,15)**

Position of maximum transverse diameter:

Purpose: **dual purpose**

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

*Inflorescence characters*

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

Lenticels: **many and small**

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

Symmetry: **slightly asymmetric**

Number of grooves: **medium** 

*Pit characters* 

Mucron: **obvious**

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

*Tree characters* 

*Leaf characters*

*Fruit characters*

**central** Apex: **rounded** Base: **rounded** Niplle: **obvious**

*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-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 - Various authors. In: *Catalogo Nazionale delle Varietà di Olivo,* University of Bari (in press), ISBN 978-88-88793- 97-9.

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