**Meet the author**

Innocenzo Muzzalupo is a researcher of science and food technology in the Consiglio per la Ricerca e la sperimentazione in Agricoltura – centro di ricerca per l'olivicoltura e l'industria olearia (Agricultural Research Council - olive growing and oil industry research centre, CRA-OLI) in Italy. He received a degree in Biological Science from the University of Calabria in 1993. He

received his PhD (1997) in Chemistry from the University of "La Sapienza" Rome. After he received his PhD degree, he was appointed as Post-Doctoral in Food Science at the University of Calabria. Between 1999 and 2008 he had a contract as professor of Botany at the University of Calabria. Following eight years of extensive research on olive characterization, in 2008 he was appointed as a researcher at the CRA. His research areas include olive germplasm characterization, olive genes characterization, and analytical methods for olive oil traceability and olive oil quality.

Contents

**Preface VII Introduction 1** 

**Materials and methods 3** 

**Molecular markers 14** 

**Acknowledgement 16 List of olive varieties 17** 

**Annex - Elaiographic Cards 21** 

**Conclusion 15 Author details 16** 

**References 18** 

**Morphological characterization 3** 

**Pomological characterization and oil quality 12** 
