**" San Benedetto "**

Areal distribution or origin area: **Puglia** Flesh/pit weight ratio: **medium (5,02 ± 0,47)**  Oil content (%): **medium (43,30 ± 1,20)** Purpose: **dual purpose**

## *Morphological characters*

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

#### *Leaf characters*

*Biochemical Characters*

348 Olive Germplasm – Italian Catalogue of Olive Varieties

Myristic acid **0,01 ± 0,01** Palmitic acid **11,69 ± 0,63** Palmitoleic acid **1,16 ± 0,18** Stearic acid **2,37 ± 0,07** Oleic acid **75,07 ± 0,14**

*Fatty Acid Composition* 

*Organoleptic oil values* 

Sensory Analysis (*Panel test*)

*Molecular Markers* 

**fluidity.**

**References:** 

reported.

*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** 

Linoleic acid (ǚ6) **6,76 ± 0,32** Linolenic acid (ǚ3) **0,77 ± 0,20** Arachic acid **0,38 ± 0,11** Eicosenoic acid **0,17 ± 0,21** Behenic acid 0,10 **± 0,04**

*DCA09 DCA18 GAPU59 GAPU71A GUPA71B GAPU103A*  **162 - 176 179 - 181 208 - 222 214 - 214 124 - 144 136 - 159** 

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

*UDO01 UDO03 UDO12 UDO28 UDO39*  **144 - 144 143 - 143 166 - 177 143 - 182 213 - 213** 

1 - Rotundo A., Marone E*.* In: *Il germoplasma olivicolo lucano*, Olita - Potenza (2002), pp. 85-88. 2 - Rotundo A., Perri E.,Muzzalupo I., *et al.* In: *Il germoplasma olivicolo meridionale*, (2012 in press).

3 - 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 **0,06 ± 0,05** 

Unsat./satured **5,86 ± 0,20** ǚ6/ǚ3 **9,18 ± 2,83**

> Blade length (cm): **medium (5,70 ± 0,44)** Blade width (cm): **medium (1,12 ± 0,10)** Shape (length/width): **elliptic - lanceolate**

#### *Inflorescence characters*

Inflorescence length (cm): **medium (2,86 ± 0,77)** Number of flowers: **medium (15,65 ± 1,06)**

#### *Fruit characters*

Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **medium (2,98 ± 0,15)** Shape (length/width): **ovoid**  Symmetry: **slightly asymmetric**  Position of maximum transverse diameter: **towards apex**  Apex: **rounded**  Base: **rounded**  Niplle: **tenuous** Lenticels: **many and small** 

*Pit characters*  Weight of 100 pits (g): **high (0,49 ± 0,07)** Shape (length/width): **symmetric**  Mucron: **absent**  Symmetry: **slightly asymmetric**  Position of maximum transverse diameter: **towards apex**  Apex: **rounded**  Base: **pointed**  Surface: **rugose**  Number of grooves: **medium** 

### *Fatty Acid Composition*

**" San Francesco "**

Innocenzo Muzzalupo 351

Areal distribution or origin area: **Toscana** Flesh/pit weight ratio: **medium (5,00 ± 0,01)** 

*Morphological characters* 

Oil content (%): **low (35,88 ± 1,78)**

Canopy-density: **medium-sparse** 

Blade length (cm): **medium (5,34 ± 0,44)**  Blade width (cm): **broad (5,00 ± 0,11)**  Shape (length/width): **elliptic-lanceolate** 

Inflorescence length (cm): **long (3,82 ± 1,44)**  Number of flowers: **high (25,58 ± 1,40)** 

Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **medium (3,52 ± 0,11)**

Position of maximum transverse diameter:

Weight of 100 pits (g): **high (0,59 ± 0,02)**  Shape (length/width): **elongated** 

Position of maximum transverse diameter:

Symmetry: **slightly asymmetric** 

Number of grooves: **low** 

Purpose: **dual purpose**

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

*Leaf characters*

*Fruit characters*

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

*Inflorescence characters*

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

Lenticels: **many and small** 

*Pit characters* 

Mucron: **obvious** 

**towards apex**  Apex: **pointed**  Base: **pointed**  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, with taste of almond, read sensations of grass and leaves. Balanced taste sensation with medium light bitter and spicy. Medium fluidity.**

## *Molecular Markers*

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


#### **References:**

1 - bellomo F. In: *Seminario olive da tavola nell'olivicoltura*, Acc. Naz. Olivo Cerignola (1969), pp. 9-18.

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