**" Paesana bianca "**

*(synonymy: Oliva bianca)* 

Areal distribution or origin area: **Molise** Flesh/pit weight ratio: **low (4,41 ± 0,14)**  Oil content (%): **medium (45,54 ± 0,49)** Purpose: **oil**

*Biochemical Characters*

268 Olive Germplasm – Italian Catalogue of Olive Varieties

Myristic acid **0,01 ± 0,00**  Palmitic acid **14,92 ± 0,46** Palmitoleic acid **1,95 ± 0,08** Stearic acid **1,78 ± 0,05** Oleic acid **65,97 ± 0,49**

*Fatty Acid Composition* 

*Organoleptic oil values* 

Sensory Analysis (*Panel test*)

*Molecular Markers* 

**References:** 

97-9.

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

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

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

Linoleic acid (ǚ6) **12,24 ± 0,12** Linolenic acid (ǚ3) **0,59 ± 0,01** Arachic acid **0,30 ± 0,02** Eicosenoic acid **0,30 ± 0,02** Behenic acid **0,08 ± 0,00**

*DCA09 DCA18 GAPU59 GAPU71A GUPA71B GAPU103A*  **162 - 166 163 - 177 208 - 212 214 - 224 124 - 144 129 - 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 - 210 205 - 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 **0,10 ± 0,01** 

Unsat./satured **4,78 ± 0,15** ǚ6/ǚ3 **20,71 ± 0,65**

## *Morphological characters*

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

*Leaf characters* Blade length (cm): **medium (5,82 ± 0,58)** Blade width (cm): **broad (1,64 ± 0,21)**

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

*Inflorescence characters* Inflorescence length (cm): **long (3,53 ± 1,64)** Number of flowers: **low (16,92 ± 0,87)**

*Fruit characters* Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **medium (2,49 ± 0,14)** Shape (length/width): **ovoid**  Symmetry: **slightly asymmetric**  Position of maximum transverse diameter: **central**  Apex: **rounded**  Base: **rounded**  Niplle: **absent** Lenticels: **many and small** 

*Pit characters*  Weight of 100 pits (g): **high (0,46 ± 0,04)** Shape (length/width): **elliptic**  Mucron: **obvious**  Symmetry: **slightly asymmetric**  Position of maximum transverse diameter: **towards apex**  Apex: **rounded**  Base: **rounded**  Surface: **smooth**  Number of grooves: **low** 

### *Fatty Acid Composition*

**" Paesana nera "** *(synonymy: Ceciarola, Cicerola, Oliva nera, etc.)*  Innocenzo Muzzalupo 271

Areal distribution or origin area: **Molise** Flesh/pit weight ratio: **medium (6,41 ± 0,01)**  Oil content (%): **medium (47,93 ± 0,06)**

*Morphological characters* 

Blade length (cm): **medium (5,68 ± 0,46)** Blade width (cm): **medium (1,35 ± 0,18)** Shape (length/width): **elliptic-lanceolate** 

Inflorescence length (cm): **medium (3,43 ± 1,08)** Number of flowers: **medium (23,18 ± 1,07)**

Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **medium (2,15 ± 0,02)**

Position of maximum transverse diameter:

Purpose: **oil**

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

*Leaf characters*

*Fruit characters*

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

*Inflorescence characters*

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

Lenticels: **many and small** 

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

Symmetry: **slightly asymmetric** 

Number of grooves: **medium** 

Weight of 100 pits (g): **low (0,29± 0,04)**

Position of maximum transverse diameter:

*Pit characters* 

Mucron: **obvious** 

**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, with hints of almond and read sensations of grass 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 - Various authors. In: *Catalogo Nazionale delle Varietà di Olivo,* University of Bari (in press), ISBN 978-88-88793- 97-9.

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