**" Nocellara etnea "**

*(synonymy: Augghialora, Nuciddara, Paturnisa, Pizzuta, Virdisa, etc.)* 

Areal distribution or origin area: **Sicilia** Flesh/pit weight ratio: **high (8,71 ± 1,01)**  Oil content (%): **high (51,59 ± 0,93)** Purpose: **table**

## *Morphological characters*

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

#### *Leaf characters*

*Biochemical Characters*

220 Olive Germplasm – Italian Catalogue of Olive Varieties

Myristic acid **0,01 ± 0,01** Palmitic acid **10,50 ± 0,42** Palmitoleic acid **0,70 ± 0,18** Stearic acid **2,70 ± 0,48** Oleic acid **75,16 ± 3,26**

*Fatty Acid Composition* 

*Organoleptic oil values* 

Sensory Analysis (*Panel test*)

**Medium-high fluidity.**

*Molecular Markers* 

**References:** 

reported.

(2007), pp. 48-52.

*Comment:* **fruity medium-high, with taste of artichoke, tomato, and grass-leaves. Balanced taste sensation with strong bitter and spicy.** 

Linoleic acid (ǚ6) **8,82 ± 3,35** Linolenic acid (ǚ3) **0,92 ± 0,06** Arachic acid **0,37 ± 0,08** Eicosenoic acid **0,02 ± 0,01** Behenic acid **0,08 ± 0,01**

*DCA09 DCA18 GAPU59 GAPU71A GUPA71B GAPU103A*  **162 - 172 177 - 181 212 - 212 214 - 214 144 - 144 150 - 184** 

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

1 - Caruso T., Cartabellotta D., Motisi A., *et all*. In: *Cultivar di olivo siciliane*, Università degli Studi di Palermo

*UDO01 UDO03 UDO12 UDO28 UDO39*  **140 - 140 166 - 166 166 - 193 182 - 182 108 - 205** 

2 - 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 **0,04 ± 0,01** 

Unsat./satured **6,38 ± 0,03** ǚ6/ǚ3 **9,50 ± 3,04**

> Blade length (cm): **medium (5,62 ± 0,63)**  Blade width (cm): **medium (1,15 ± 0,15)**  Shape (length/width): **elliptic-lanceolate**

#### *Inflorescence characters*

Inflorescence length (cm): **short (2,05 ± 0,43)**  Number of flowers: **low (14,27 ± 2,53)** 

#### *Fruit characters*

Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **high (4,45 ± 1,25)**  Shape (length/width): **ovoid** Symmetry: **slightly asymmetric** Position of maximum transverse diameter: **central** Apex: **rounded** Base: **rounded** Niplle: **tenuous** Lenticels: **few and large**

#### *Pit characters*

Weight of 100 pits (g): **high (0,47 ± 0,09)**  Shape (length/width): **elliptic** Mucron: **obvious** Symmetry: **slightly asymmetric** Position of maximum transverse diameter: **central** Apex: **pointed** Base: **rounded**  Surface: **rugose** Number of grooves: **medium** 

### *Fatty Acid Composition*

**" Nocellara messinese "** *(synonymy: Nuciddara, Verdella.)* 

Innocenzo Muzzalupo 223

Areal distribution or origin area: **Sicilia** Flesh/pit weight ratio: **high (7,99 ± 0,61)**  Oil content (%): **medium (47,17 ± 0,74)**

*Morphological characters* 

Purpose: **dual purpose**

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

Blade length (cm): **medium (6,49 ± 0,66)** Blade width (cm): **medium (1,19 ± 0,14)** Shape (length/width): **elliptic-lanceolate** 

Inflorescence length (cm): **short (2,49 ± 1,38)** Number of flowers: **low (17,81 ± 2,45)**

Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **high (5,20 ± 0,68)**

Position of maximum transverse diameter:

Weight of 100 pits (g): **high (0,62 ± 1,75)**

Position of maximum transverse diameter:

*Tree characters*  Vigour: **medium**

*Leaf characters*

*Fruit characters*

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

*Inflorescence characters*

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

Lenticels: **many and large** 

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

Number of grooves: **medium** 

*Pit characters* 

Mucron: **absent** Symmetry: **symmetric** 

**central**  Apex: **rounded**  Base: **rounded**  Surface: **rugose** 

*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 almond and artichoke, read sensations of tomato, grass and leaves. Balanced taste sensation with medium bitter and spicy. 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 - Caruso T., Cartabellotta D., Motisi A., *et all*. In: *Cultivar di olivo siciliane*, Università degli Studi di Palermo (2007), pp. 54-58.

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