*Morphological characters*

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

#### *Leaf characters*

*Biochemical Characters*

48 Olive Germplasm – Italian Catalogue of Olive Varieties

Myristic acid **0,01 ± 0,00** Palmitic acid **7,58 ± 0,03** Palmitoleic acid **0,59 ± 0,24** Stearic acid **1,44 ± 0,08** Oleic acid **78,99 ± 1,55**

*Fatty Acid Composition* 

*Organoleptic oil values* 

Sensory Analysis (*Panel test*)

*Molecular Markers* 

**References:** 

pp. 55-64.

*Comment:* **fruity medium, with taste of grass, read sensations of almond, artichoke and leaves. Balanced taste sensation with 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) **10,01 ± 1,21** Linolenic acid (ǚ3) **0,89 ± 0,06** Arachic acid **0,21 ± 0,00** Eicosenoic acid **0,02 ± 0,00** Behenic acid **0,06 ± 0,02**

*DCA09 DCA18 GAPU59 GAPU71A GUPA71B GAPU103A*  **176 - 206 181 - 181 208 - 212 210 - 210 124 - 144 159 - 184** 

1 - Tucci A., Mule' R., Fodale A. S. In: *Indagini sul germoplasma olivicolo in Sicilia*, Sviluppo Agricolo (1995), 1/2:

*UDO01 UDO03 UDO12 UDO28 UDO39*  **144 - 144 143 - 143 166 - 193 182 - 182 205 - 205** 

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 **9,80 ± 0,09** ǚ6/ǚ3 **11,27 ± 0,62**

> Blade length (cm): **medium (5,26 ± 0,16)** Blade width (cm): **medium (1,27 ± 0,14)** Shape (length/width): **elliptic - lanceolate**

#### *Inflorescence characters*

Inflorescence length (cm): **medium (3,12 ± 0,02)** Number of flowers: **medium (23,25 ± 2,52)**

*Fruit characters* Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **medium (2,54 ± 0,82)** Shape (length/width): **elongated**  Symmetry: **asymmetric**  Position of maximum transverse diameter: **central**  Apex: **pointed**  Base: **rounded** Niplle: **absent**  Lenticels: **many and small** 

*Pit characters*  Weight of 100 pits (g): **medium (0,40 ± 0,11)** Shape (length/width): **elongated**  Mucron: **absent**  Symmetry: **slightly asymmetric**  Position of maximum transverse diameter: **central**  Apex: **pointed**  Base: **rounded**  Surface: **scabrous**  Number of grooves: **medium** 

### *Fatty Acid Composition*

**" Canino "** *(synonymy: Caninese, Canino blasi,Cornino, Montignoso, etc.)* 

Innocenzo Muzzalupo 51

Areal distribution or origin area: **Lazio** Flesh/pit weight ratio: **low (4,22 ± 0,07)**  Oil content (%): **medium (45,75 ± 2,77)**

*Morphological characters* 

Blade length (cm): **medium (5,77 ± 0,44)** Blade width (cm): **medium (1,21 ± 0,13)** Shape (length/width): **elliptic-lanceolate** 

Number of flowers: **low (15,81 ± 3,01)**

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

Lenticels: **many and small** 

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

Number of grooves: **low** 

Symmetry: **slightly asymmetric** 

*Pit characters* 

Mucron: **tenuous** 

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

Inflorescence length (cm): **medium (2,70 ± 1,00)**

Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **low (1,26 ± 0,13)**

Position of maximum transverse diameter:

Weight of 100 pits (g): **low (0,25 ± 0,02)**

Position of maximum transverse diameter:

Purpose: **oil**

*Tree characters* 

*Leaf characters*

*Fruit characters*

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

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

*Inflorescence characters*

*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 - Caruso T., Cartabellotta D., Motisi A., *et all*. In: *Cultivar di olivo siciliane*, Università degli Studi di Palermo (2007), pp. 88-92.

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