*Morphological characters*

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

#### *Leaf characters*

*Biochemical Characters*

334 Olive Germplasm – Italian Catalogue of Olive Varieties

Myristic acid **0,02 ± 0,01**  Palmitic acid **15,89 ± 0,12** Palmitoleic acid **1,97 ± 0,07** Stearic acid **1,66 ± 0,01** Oleic acid **65,22 ± 1,24**

*Fatty Acid Composition* 

*Organoleptic oil values* 

Sensory Analysis (*Panel test*)

*Molecular Markers* 

**References:** 

97-9.

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

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

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

Linoleic acid (ǚ6) **12,22 ± 1,47** Linolenic acid (ǚ3) **0,78 ± 0,03** Arachic acid **0,16 ± 0,02** Eicosenoic acid **0,02 ± 0,01** Behenic acid **0,04 ± 0,02**

*DCA09 DCA18 GAPU59 GAPU71A GUPA71B GAPU103A*  **182 - 206 179 - 181 208 - 218 212 - 212 126 - 144 184 - 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*  **150 - 150 182 - 202 177 - 182 156 - 161 200 - 200** 

2 - Muzzalupo I., Stefanizzi F., Bucci C., *et al.* In *Acta Italus Hortus,* (2011), 1: 138 –140.

*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 **0,02 ± 0,00** 

Unsat./satured **4,54 ± 0,03** ǚ6/ǚ3 **15,71 ± 2,46**

> Blade length (cm): **medium (5,38 ± 0,43)** Blade width (cm): **medium (1,46 ± 0,21)** Shape (length/width): **elliptic**

#### *Inflorescence characters*

Inflorescence length (cm): **medium (3,16 ± 0,73)** Number of flowers: **low (13,55 ± 1,46)**

#### *Fruit characters*

Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **medium (2,14 ± 0,18)** Shape (length/width): **ovoid**  Symmetry: **asymmetric**  Position of maximum transverse diameter: **towards apex**  Apex: **rounded**  Base: **rounded**  Niplle: **absent** Lenticels: **many and small** 

*Pit characters*  Weight of 100 pits (g): **medium (0,45 ± 0,01)** Shape (length/width): **ovoid**  Mucron: **obvious**  Symmetry: **slightly asymmetric**  Position of maximum transverse diameter: **towards apex**  Apex: **rounded**  Base: **rounded**  Surface: **rugose**  Number of grooves: **low** 

### *Fatty Acid Composition*

**" Rosciola di Venafro "**

Innocenzo Muzzalupo 337

Areal distribution or origin area: **Molise** Flesh/pit weight ratio: **low (4,90± 1,13)**  Oil content (%): **medium (45,42 ± 1,19)**

*Morphological characters* 

Blade length (cm): **medium (8,83 ± 0,54)** Blade width (cm): **medium (1,45 ± 0,19)** Shape (length/width): **elliptic-lanceolate** 

Inflorescence length (cm): **long (3,54 ± 2,92)** Number of flowers: **medium (19,99 ± 1,78)**

Position of maximum transverse diameter:

Weight of 100 pits (g): **medium (0,43 ± 0,11)**

Position of maximum transverse diameter:

Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **medium (2,38 ± 0,22)**

Purpose: **oil**

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

*Leaf characters*

*Fruit characters*

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

*Inflorescence characters*

Symmetry: **asymmetric** 

Lenticels: **few and large** 

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

Symmetry: **slightly asymmetric** 

Number of grooves: **medium** 

*Pit characters* 

Mucron: **obvious** 

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

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

*Table 1.* Average values (express in % ± standard deviations) of the fatty acids methyl esters and nutritional ratios obtained from single cultivar olive oils.


## *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., Salimonti A., Caravita M. A., *et al. Adv. Hort. Sci*. (2008), 22(2): pp. 129-135.
