**" Dolce di Cassano "**

Areal distribution or origin area: **Puglia** Flesh/pit weight ratio: **medium (5,18 ± 0,03)**  Oil content (%): **medium (42,33 ± 1,71)** Purpose: **oil**

## *Morphological characters*

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

#### *Leaf characters*

*Biochemical Characters*

106 Olive Germplasm – Italian Catalogue of Olive Varieties

Myristic acid **0,01 ± 0,01**  Palmitic acid **17,92 ± 1,15** Palmitoleic acid **5,44 ± 0,08** Stearic acid **1,24 ± 0,10** Oleic acid **57,70 ± 2,24**

*Fatty Acid Composition* 

*Organoleptic oil values* 

Sensory Analysis (*Panel test*)

**spicy. Medium fluidity.**

*Molecular Markers* 

**References:** 

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

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

Linoleic acid (ǚ6) **10,69 ± 0,57** Linolenic acid (ǚ3) **0,93 ± 0,07** Arachic acid **0,21 ± 0,11** Eicosenoic acid **0,18 ± 0,22** Behenic acid **0,10 ± 0,06**

*DCA09 DCA18 GAPU59 GAPU71A GUPA71B GAPU103A*  **172 - 194 177 - 177 208 - 218 214 - 214 124 - 144 150 - 157** 

*UDO01 UDO03 UDO12 UDO28 UDO39*  **144 - 144 143 - 143 177 - 182 143 - 205 108 - 170** 

1 - Russo G. In: *Atti Convegno Nazionale di Olivicoltura*, Ist. Sper. Olivic. Spoleto (2002), pp. 423-426.

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 **0,08 ± 0,08** 

Unsat./satured **3,87 ± 0,38** ǚ6/ǚ3 **11,52 ± 0,23**

> Blade length (cm): **medium (5,63 ± 0,55)** Blade width (cm): **broad (1,87 ± 0,25)** Shape (length/width): **elliptic**

#### *Inflorescence characters*

Inflorescence length (cm): **short (1,98 ± 0,34)** Number of flowers: **low (11,86 ± 0,91)**

#### *Fruit characters*

Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **high (4,50 ± 0,63)** Shape (length/width): **spherical**  Symmetry: **slightly asymmetric**  Position of maximum transverse diameter: **central**  Apex: **rounded**  Base: **truncate**  Niplle: **absent** Lenticels: **few and large** 

*Pit characters*  Weight of 100 pits (g): **very hygh (0,73 ± 0,08)** Shape (length/width): **ovoid**  Mucron: **absent**  Symmetry: **slightly asymmetric**  Position of maximum transverse diameter: **central**  Apex: **rounded**  Base: **rounded**  Surface: **rugose**  Number of grooves: **medium** 

### *Fatty Acid Composition*

**" Dolce di Rossano "** *(synonymy: Dolce, Rossanese, etc.)* 

Innocenzo Muzzalupo 109

Areal distribution or origin area: **Calabria** Flesh/pit weight ratio: **high (5,20 ± 0,29)**  Oil content (%): **medium (48,50 ± 0,53)**

*Morphological characters* 

Blade length (cm): **medium (5,41 ± 0,54)** Blade width (cm): **medium (1,37 ± 0,17)**

Inflorescence length (cm): **medium (2,98 ± 1,78)** Number of flowers: **medium (22,11 ± 5,65)**

Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **low (1,93 ± 0,33)**

Position of maximum transverse diameter:

Weight of 100 pits (g): **medium (0,30 ± 0,04)**

Position of maximum transverse diameter:

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

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

Lenticels: **many and small**

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

Number of grooves: **medium** 

*Pit characters* 

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

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

*Inflorescence characters*

Purpose: **oil**

*Tree characters* 

*Leaf characters*

*Fruit characters*

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

Vigour: **medium-strong** Growth habit: **spreading-erect** Canopy-density: **medium-dense**

*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 read sensations of almond and artichoke. Balanced taste sensation with a medium 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 - Lombardo N., Perri E., Muzzalupo I., *et al.* In: *Contributo alla caratterizzazione del germoplasma olivicolo pugliese*, Ist. Sper. Olivic. (2004), pp. 49-52.

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