**" Tonda di Alife "**

Areal distribution or origin area: **Campania** Flesh/pit weight ratio: **medium (5,86 ± 0,29)**  Oil content (%): **medium (42,05 ± 1,79)** Purpose: **oil**

## *Morphological characters*

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

#### *Leaf characters*

*Biochemical Characters*

386 Olive Germplasm – Italian Catalogue of Olive Varieties

Myristic acid **0,01 ± 0,01** Palmitic acid **13,70 ± 0,91** Palmitoleic acid **1,72 ± 0,20** Stearic acid **2,29 ± 0,16** Oleic acid **71,91 ± 2,04**

*Fatty Acid Composition* 

*Organoleptic oil values* 

Sensory Analysis (*Panel test*)

*Molecular Markers* 

**fluidity.**

**References:** 

reported.

*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** 

Linoleic acid (ǚ6) **7,41 ± 1,14** Linolenic acid (ǚ3) **0,67 ± 0,03** Arachic acid **0,35 ± 0,09** Eicosenoic acid **0,08 ± 0,12** Behenic acid **0,08 ± 0,12**

*DCA09 DCA18 GAPU59 GAPU71A GUPA71B GAPU103A*  **172 - 206 177 - 177 212 - 212 212 - 212 130 - 144 150 - 159** 

*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: 25.

*UDO01 UDO03 UDO12 UDO28 UDO39*  **150 - 150 143 - 143 177 - 193 143 - 182 205 - 205** 

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

3 - Muzzalupo I., Chiappetta A., Benincasa C., *et al Sci Hortic-Amsterdam*, (2010), 126: pp. 324-329.

*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 **5,07 ± 0,41** ǚ6/ǚ3 **10,98 ± 1,49**

> Blade length (cm): **medium (5,62 ± 0,37)**  Blade width (cm): **medium (1,36 ± 0,12)**  Shape (length/width): **elliptic-lanceolate**

#### *Inflorescence characters*

Inflorescence length (cm): **medium (3,12 ± 0,45)**  Number of flowers: **medium (22,13 ± 1,72)** 

#### *Fruit characters*

Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **medium (2,29 ± 0,07)** Shape (length/width): **spherical**  Symmetry: **symmetric**  Position of maximum transverse diameter: **central**  Apex: **rounded**  Base: **truncate**  Niplle: **absent** Lenticels: **many and small** 

#### *Pit characters*

Weight of 100 pits (g): **medium (0,34 ± 0,01)**  Shape (length/width): **ovoid**  Mucron: **absent**  Symmetry: **asymmetric**  Position of maximum transverse diameter: **towards apex**  Apex: **rounded**  Base: **pointed**  Surface: **rugose**  Number of grooves: **medium** 

#### *Fatty Acid Composition*

**" Tonda di Filadelfia "** *(synonymy: Oliva di Pentone, Strongolese, Tonda di Filogaso, Tonda dolce, etc.)* 

Innocenzo Muzzalupo 389

Areal distribution or origin area: **Calabria** Flesh/pit weight ratio: **high (7,90 ± 1,79)**  Oil content (%): **high (51,45 ± 5,14)**

*Morphological characters* 

Blade length (cm): **medium (5,95 ± 0,74)** Blade width (cm): **broad (1,51 ± 0,11)** Shape (length/width): elliptic

Inflorescence length (cm): **short (2,40 ± 1,21)** Number of flowers: **low (14,00 ± 1,46)**

Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **medium (3,22 ± 0,64)**

Position of maximum transverse diameter:

Weight of 100 pits (g): **medium (0,36 ± 0,03)**

Position of maximum transverse diameter:

Purpose: **dual purpose**

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

*Inflorescence characters*

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

*Tree characters* 

*Leaf characters*

*Fruit characters*

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

*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 taste of tomato, read sensations of almond. Balanced taste sensation with medium-light spicy and bitter. 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., Stefanizzi F., Perri E. *HortScience* (2009), 44: pp. 582-588.
