**" Tombarello "**

Areal distribution or origin area: **Calabria** Flesh/pit weight ratio: **medium (5,14 ± 1,44)**  Oil content (%): **medium (44,95 ± 4,80)** Purpose: **oil**

## *Morphological characters*

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

*Biochemical Characters*

384 Olive Germplasm – Italian Catalogue of Olive Varieties

Myristic acid **0,01 ± 0,01**  Palmitic acid **12,13 ± 0,81** Palmitoleic acid **1,29 ± 0,17** Stearic acid **1,56 ± 0,35** Oleic acid **74,42 ± 3,04**

*Fatty Acid Composition* 

*Organoleptic oil values* 

Sensory Analysis (*Panel test*)

**Medium-high fluidity.**

*Molecular Markers* 

**References:** 

97-9.

*Comment:* **fruity medium-high, with hints of almond and read sensations of grass, tomato, and artichoke. Balanced taste sensation with a medium-high bitter and medium spicy.** 

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

Linoleic acid (ǚ6) **x8,00x ± 1,57** Linolenic acid (ǚ3) **0,83 ± 0,08** Arachic acid **0,31 ± 0,10** Eicosenoic acid **0,19 ± 0,24** Behenic acid **0,08 ± 0,03**

*DCA09 DCA18 GAPU59 GAPU71A GUPA71B GAPU103A*  **182 - 198 179 - 181 214 - 222 214 - 221 126 - 144 157 - 159** 

1 - Various authors. In: *Catalogo Nazionale delle Varietà di Olivo* . University of Bari (in press), ISBN 978-88-88793-

*UDO01 UDO03 UDO12 UDO28 UDO39*  **140 - 150 143 - 143 164 - 177 150 - 161 213 - 213** 

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

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

*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 **0,06 ± 0,05** 

Unsat./satured **6,12 ± 0,66** ǚ6/ǚ3 **9,77 ± 2,87**

> *Leaf characters* Blade length (cm): **short (4,36 ± 0,30)** Blade width (cm): **medium (1,27 ± 0,16)** Shape (length/width): **elliptic**

*Inflorescence characters* Inflorescence length (cm): **medium (2,74 ± 0,55)** Number of flowers: **medium (19,34 ± 1,60)**

*Fruit characters* Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **low (1,49 ± 0,14)** 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): **low (0,25 ± 0,04)** Shape (length/width): **ovoid** Mucron: **absent** Symmetry: **symmetric** Position of maximum transverse diameter: **towards apex** Apex: **rounded** Base: **rounded**  Surface: **smooth** Number of grooves: **low** 

#### *Fatty Acid Composition*

**" Tonda di Alife "**

Innocenzo Muzzalupo 387

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

*Morphological characters* 

Purpose: **oil**

*Tree characters*  Vigour: **medium**  Growth habit: **spreading** 

*Leaf characters*

*Fruit characters*

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

*Inflorescence characters*

Symmetry: **symmetric** 

Lenticels: **many and small** 

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

Number of grooves: **medium** 

*Pit characters* 

Mucron: **absent**  Symmetry: **asymmetric** 

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

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

Canopy-density: **medium-sparse** 

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

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

Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **medium (2,29 ± 0,07)**

Position of maximum transverse diameter:

Weight of 100 pits (g): **medium (0,34 ± 0,01)** 

Position of maximum transverse diameter:

*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 hints of almond and read sensations of grass and artichoke. Balanced taste sensation with a medium-high 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 - Lombardo N., Perri E., Muzzalupo I., *et al.* In: *Il germoplasma olivicolo calabrese*, Ist. Sper. Olivic.(2003), pp: 25.

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.
