**" Cima di Melfi "**

Areal distribution or origin area: **Basilicata** Flesh/pit weight ratio: **medium (5,55 ± 1,14)**  Oil content (%): **medium (42,84 ± 2,01)** Purpose: **oil**

## *Morphological characters*

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

#### *Leaf characters*

*Biochemical Characters*

80 Olive Germplasm – Italian Catalogue of Olive Varieties

Myristic acid **0,01 ± 0,01** Palmitic acid **11,99 ± 0,64** Palmitoleic acid **1,00 ± 0,20** Stearic acid **2,40 ± 0,13** Oleic acid **76,84 ± 1,39**

*Fatty Acid Composition* 

*Organoleptic oil values* 

Sensory Analysis (*Panel test*)

*Molecular Markers* 

**References:** 

reported.

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

Linoleic acid (ǚ6) **5,61 ± 0,66** Linolenic acid (ǚ3) **0,70 ± 0,05** Arachic acid **0,41 ± 0,05** Eicosenoic acid **0,15 ± 0,16** Behenic acid **0,12 ± 0,04**

*DCA09 DCA18 GAPU59 GAPU71A GUPA71B GAPU103A*  **198 - 198 177 - 177 212 - 212 212 - 212 124 - 124 159 - 170** 

*Table 2.* Microsatellites (SSR) *loci* analyzed. For each *locus* the allele size (expressed in base pairs) is

1 - Lombardo N., Perri E., Muzzalupo I., *et al.* In: *Il germoplasma olivicolo calabrese*, Ist. Sper. Olivic.(2003), pp: 20.

*UDO01 UDO03 UDO12 UDO28 UDO39*  **144 - 144 143 - 143 177 - 193 143 - 143 205 - 205** 

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

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

*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 **0,05 ± 0,03** 

Unsat./satured **5,74 ± 0,29** ǚ6/ǚ3 **7,91 ± 0,98**

> Blade length (cm): **medium (6,08 ± 0,59)** Blade width (cm): **medium (1,49 ± 0,17)** Shape (length/width): **elliptic-lanceolate**

#### *Inflorescence characters*

Inflorescence length (cm): **medium (3,24 ± 0,53)** Number of flowers: **low (14,53 ± 2,35)**

#### *Fruit characters*

Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **medium (2,60 ± 0,33)** Shape (length/width): **ovoid** Symmetry: **slightly asymmetric** Position of maximum transverse diameter: **central** Apex: **rounded** Base: **rounded** Niplle: **tenuous** Lenticels: **many and small**

*Pit characters*  Weight of 100 pits (g): **medium (0,42 ± 0,08)** Shape (length/width): **elliptic** Mucron: **obvious** Symmetry: **slightly asymmetric** Position of maximum transverse diameter: **towards apex** Apex: **rounded** Base: **pointed**  Surface: **rugose** Number of grooves: **medium** 

### *Fatty Acid Composition*

**" Colombina "** *(synonymy: Colombina 17, Colombina lunga.)*  Innocenzo Muzzalupo 83

Areal distribution or origin area: **Emilia** Flesh/pit weight ratio: **medium (5,60 ± 0,43)** 

*Morphological characters* 

Blade length (cm): **medium (5,78 ± 0,46)**  Blade width (cm): **medium (1,40 ± 0,17)**  Shape (length/width): **elliptic-lanceolate** 

Inflorescence length (cm): **medium (3,12 ± 1,13)**  Number of flowers: **medium (18,97 ± 1,19)** 

Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **medium (2,05 ± 0,25)** 

Position of maximum transverse diameter:

Weight of 100 pits (g): **medium (0,31 ± 0,02)** 

Position of maximum transverse diameter:

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

Symmetry: **slightly asymmetric** 

Number of grooves: **medium** 

Oil content (%): **low (35,63 ± 0,99)**

Purpose: **oil**

*Tree characters* 

*Leaf characters*

*Fruit characters*

**towards base**  Apex: **rounded**  Base: **truncate**  Niplle: **absent**

*Pit characters* 

Mucron: **obvious** 

**towards base**  Apex: **pointed**  Base: **rounded**  Surface: **rugose** 

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

*Inflorescence characters*

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

Lenticels: **many and small** 

*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 - light, with hints of almond and read sensations of grass and artichoke. Balanced taste sensation with a medium - light 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 - Rotundo A., Marone E*.* In: *Il germoplasma olivicolo lucano*, Olita-Potenza (2002), pp. 99-102.

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.
