**" Augellina "**

*(synonymy: Agnellina, Cellina, etc.)* 

Areal distribution or origin area: **Basilicata** Flesh/pit weight ratio: **high (7,82 ± 0,82)**  Oil content (%): **medium (41,14 ± 2,43)** Purpose: **dual purpose**

## *Morphological characters*

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

#### *Leaf characters*

*Biochemical Characters*

30 Olive Germplasm – Italian Catalogue of Olive Varieties

Myristic acid **0,01 ± 0,00**  Palmitic acid **10,65 ± 1,00** Palmitoleic acid **1,51 ± 0,16** Stearic acid **1,79 ± 0,16** Oleic acid **78,94 ± 1,06**

*Fatty Acid Composition* 

*Organoleptic oil values* 

Sensory Analysis (*Panel test*)

**medium. Medium fluidity.**

*Molecular Markers* 

**References:** 

97-9.

*Comment:* **medium fruity , with good sensation of grass, less almond and artichoke. Balanced taste sensation, with bitter and spicy** 

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

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

Linoleic acid (ǚ6) **4,98 ± 0,64** Linolenic acid (ǚ3) **0,66 ± 0,04** Arachic acid **0,03 ± 0,01** Eicosenoic acid **0,02 ± 0,00** Behenic acid **0,06 ± 0,03**

*DCA09 DCA18 GAPU59 GAPU71A GUPA71B GAPU103A*  **198 - 206 177 - 179 214 - 222 214 - 224 126 - 144 136 - 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*  **140 - 140 143 - 143 166 - 166 150 - 161 200 - 200** 

1 - Pannelli G., Alfei B., Santinelli A. In: *Varietà di olivo nelle Marche,* ASSAM (2001), pp. 17-20.

*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 **0,07 ± 0,01** 

Unsat./satured **6,81 ± 0,82** ǚ6/ǚ3 **7,55 ± 0,15**

> Blade length (cm): **medium (6,84 ± 0,55)** Blade width (cm): **broad (1,55 ± 0,16)** Shape (length/width): **elliptic-lanceolate**

#### *Inflorescence characters*

Inflorescence length (cm): **long (3,65 ± 1,76)** Number of flowers: **medium (20,83 ± 4,39)**

#### *Fruit characters* Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **high (4,64 ± 0,29)**

Shape (length/width): **ovoid** Symmetry: **slightly asymmetric** Position of maximum transverse diameter: **central** Apex: **rounded** Base: **rounded** Niplle: **absent** Lenticels: **many and small**

*Pit characters*  Weight of 100 pits (g): **high (0,64 ± 0,05)** Shape (length/width): **elliptic** Mucron: **absent** Symmetry: **slightly asymmetric** Position of maximum transverse diameter: **central** Apex: **pointed** Base: **pointed**  Surface: **rugose** Number of grooves: **high** 

### *Fatty Acid Composition*

**" Aurina "** *(synonymy: Aurina di Venafro, Liciniana, Oliva di Venafro, etc.)* 

Innocenzo Muzzalupo 33

Areal distribution or origin area: **Molise** Flesh/pit weight ratio: **low (3,92 ± 0,49)**  Oil content (%): **medium (42,50 ± 1,69)**

*Morphological characters* 

Blade length (cm): **medium (6,02 ± 0,61)** Blade width (cm): **broad (1,62 ± 0,26)** Shape (length/width): **elliptic** 

Inflorescence length (cm): **medium (2,69 ± 1,11)** Number of flowers: **medium (21,28 ± 2,72)**

Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **low (1,28 ± 0,15)**

Position of maximum transverse diameter:

Weight of 100 pits (g): **low (0,26 ± 0,01)**

Position of maximum transverse diameter:

Purpose: **oil**

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

*Leaf characters*

*Fruit characters*

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

*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** 

**central**  Apex: **rounded**  Base: **rounded**  Surface: **smooth** 

*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 soft fruits and read sensations of almond and grass. 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 - Rotundo A., Marone E*.* In: *Il germoplasma olivicolo lucano*, Olita-Potenza (2002), pp. 53-65.

2 - Rotundo A., Perri E.,Muzzalupo I., *et al.* In: *Il germoplasma olivicolo meridionale*, (2012 in press).

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