**" Sammartinara "**

*(synonymy: San Martinara)* 

Areal distribution or origin area: **Sicilia** Flesh/pit weight ratio: **high (7,87 ± 1,09)**  Oil content (%): **medium (47,43 ± 2,06)** Purpose: **oil**

## *Morphological characters*

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

#### *Leaf characters*

*Biochemical Characters*

344 Olive Germplasm – Italian Catalogue of Olive Varieties

Myristic acid **0,01 ± 0,00**  Palmitic acid **10,90 ± 1,06** Palmitoleic acid **1,34 ± 0,05** Stearic acid **1,67 ± 0,04** Oleic acid **76,00 ± 0,08**

*Fatty Acid Composition* 

*Organoleptic oil values* 

Sensory Analysis (*Panel test*)

*Molecular Markers* 

**fluidity.** 

**References:** 

97-9.

*Comment:* **fruity medium-high, with read sensations of aromatic herbs, almond, and artichoke. Balanced taste sensation with a medium-high bitter and spicy. Medium-high** 

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

Linoleic acid (ǚ6) **7,41 ± 0,80** Linolenic acid (ǚ3) **0,84 ± 0,08** Arachic acid **0,38 ± 0,03** Eicosenoic acid **0,34 ± 0,04** Behenic acid **0,10 ± 0,02**

*DCA09 DCA18 GAPU59 GAPU71A GUPA71B GAPU103A*  **172 - 182 179 - 181 218 - 222 218 - 224 126 - 144 150 - 159** 

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

*UDO01 UDO03 UDO12 UDO28 UDO39*  **144 - 150 143 - 143 177 - 193 154 - 210 185 - 185** 

1 - Parlati M. V., Pandolfi S. In: *Olivo e Olio*, (2001), 4: pp. 67-72.

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 **0,07 ± 0,01** 

Unsat./satured **6,71 ± 0,63** ǚ6/ǚ3 **8,87 ± 0,14**

> Blade length (cm): **medium (6,27 ± 0,50)** Blade width (cm): **medium (1,47 ± 0,15)** Shape (length/width): **elliptic-lanceolate**

#### *Inflorescence characters*

Inflorescence length (cm): **medium (3,03 ± 2,45)** Number of flowers: **low (14,46 ± 0,60)**

#### *Fruit characters*

Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **high (4,04 ± 0,37)** Shape (length/width): **spherical**  Symmetry: **slightly asymmetric**  Position of maximum transverse diameter: **central**  Apex: **rounded**  Base: **truncate**  Niplle: **absent**  Lenticels: **many and large** 

#### *Pit characters*

Weight of 100 pits (g): **high (0,46 ± 0,06)** Shape (length/width): **elliptic**  Mucron: **absent**  Symmetry: **slightly asymmetric**  Position of maximum transverse diameter: **towards apex**  Apex: **rounded**  Base: **rounded**  Surface: **rugose**  Number of grooves: **medium** 

#### *Fatty Acid Composition*

**" Sammartinenga "**

Innocenzo Muzzalupo 347

Areal distribution or origin area: **Basilicata** Flesh/pit weight ratio: **medium (6,77 ± 2,80)**  Oil content (%): **medium (41,74 ± 1,68)**

*Morphological characters* 

Blade length (cm): **medium (5,83 ± 0,58)** Blade width (cm): **medium (1,04 ± 0,14)** Shape (length/width): **elliptic-lanceolate** 

Inflorescence length (cm): **medium (2,95 ± 1,25)** Number of flowers: **medium (22,99 ± 3,41)**

Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **medium (2,12 ± 0,36)**

Position of maximum transverse diameter:

Weight of 100 pits (g): **medium (0,28 ± 0,07)**

Position of maximum transverse diameter:

Purpose: **oil**

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

*Leaf characters*

*Fruit characters*

**towards base** Apex: **rounded** Base: **truncate** Niplle: **tenuous**

*Pit characters* 

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

**towards base** Apex: **pointed** Base: **rounded**  Surface: **smooth**

*Inflorescence characters*

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

Lenticels: **many and small**

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

Number of grooves: **medium** 

*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:* **medium-high fruity, with good sensation of almond and artichoke, less grass and aromatic herbs. Balanced taste sensation, with bitter and spicy medium. Medium-high fluidity.**

## *Molecular Markers*

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

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


#### **References:**

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1 - Sottile I. In: *Giornate di studio sulla propagazione delle specie legnose*, Ist. Colt. Arb. Pisa (1964), pp. 21-26.

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