**" Rosciola di Venafro "**

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

## *Morphological characters*

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

#### *Leaf characters*

*Biochemical Characters*

336 Olive Germplasm – Italian Catalogue of Olive Varieties

Myristic acid **0,01 ± 0,01**  Palmitic acid **10,63 ± 2,09** Palmitoleic acid **1,99 ± 1,01** Stearic acid **1,61 ± 0,24** Oleic acid **74,02 ± 0,06**

*Fatty Acid Composition* 

*Organoleptic oil values* 

Sensory Analysis (*Panel test*)

**spicy. Medium fluidity***.*

*Molecular Markers* 

**References:** 

97-9.

*Comment:* **fruity medium, with hints of almond and artichoke. Balanced taste sensation with a medium-light bitter and medium** 

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

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

Linoleic acid (ǚ6) **8,87 ± 0,95** Linolenic acid (ǚ3) **0,89 ± 0,02** Arachic acid **0,23 ± 0,08** Eicosenoic acid **0,02 ± 0,00** Behenic acid **0,07 ± 0,05**

*DCA09 DCA18 GAPU59 GAPU71A GUPA71B GAPU103A*  **162 - 166 163 - 177 208 - 212 214 - 224 124 - 144 159 - 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*  **144 - 144 150 - 150 177 - 177 182 - 182 205 - 205** 

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

*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 ± 0,02** 

Unsat./satured **7,06 ± 1,54** ǚ6/ǚ3 **9,99 ± 0,86**

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

#### *Inflorescence characters*

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

#### *Fruit characters*

Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **medium (2,38 ± 0,22)** Shape (length/width): **spherical**  Symmetry: **asymmetric**  Position of maximum transverse diameter: **central**  Apex: **rounded**  Base: **truncate**  Niplle: **tenuous** Lenticels: **few and large** 

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

### *Fatty Acid Composition*

**" Rosciola "** *(synonymy: Raggiola, Rossetta.)*  Innocenzo Muzzalupo 339

Areal distribution or origin area: **Marche** Flesh/pit weight ratio: **medium (6,79 ± 0,31)**  Oil content (%): **medium (44,55 ± 1,90)**

*Morphological characters* 

Blade length (cm): **medium (5,43 ± 0,37)**  Blade width (cm): **medium (1,22 ± 0,09)**  Shape (length/width): **elliptic-lanceolate** 

Inflorescence length (cm): **medium (2,98 ± 0,55)**  Number of flowers: **medium (20,02 ± 0,60)** 

Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **low (1,79 ± 0,12)**

Position of maximum transverse diameter:

Weight of 100 pits (g): **low (0,24 ± 0,02)** 

Position of maximum transverse diameter:

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

Lenticels: **many and small** 

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

Number of grooves: **medium** 

*Pit characters* 

Mucron: **obvious**  Symmetry: **symmetric** 

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

Purpose: **oil**

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

*Leaf characters*

*Fruit characters*

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

*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.


### *Organoleptic oil values*

Sensory Analysis (*Panel test*)

*Comment:* **fruity medium - light, with hints of aromatic herbs, artichoke and almond. Balanced in flavours, with hints of bitter and spicy medium intensity, medium fluidity.**

## *Molecular Markers*

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

*DCA09 DCA18 GAPU59 GAPU71A GUPA71B GAPU103A*  **176 - 206 177 - 181 208 - 222 214 - 214 126 - 144 136 - 170**  *UDO01 UDO03 UDO12 UDO28 UDO39*  **140 - 140 143 - 143 177 - 193 143 - 154 213 - 213** 

#### **References:**

1 - Ente regionale di sviluppo agricolo per il Molise. In: *Il germoplasma dell'olivo nel Molise*, Quaderno divulgativo dell'ERSA (2000), n° 5.

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