**" Ogliarola messinese "**

*(synonymy: Aliva grossa, Castriciana, Marcellese, Nostrale, Ogliara, etc.)* 

Areal distribution or origin area: **Sicilia** Flesh/pit weight ratio: **high (9,75 ± 1,48)**  Oil content (%): **high (53,22 ± 0,60)** Purpose: **oil**

## *Morphological characters*

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

#### *Leaf characters*

*Biochemical Characters*

240 Olive Germplasm – Italian Catalogue of Olive Varieties

Myristic acid **0,01 ± 0,01** Palmitic acid **13,62 ± 0,25** Palmitoleic acid **1,09 ± 0,04** Stearic acid **3,15 ± 0,22** Oleic acid **69,68 ± 0,77**

*Fatty Acid Composition* 

*Organoleptic oil values* 

Sensory Analysis (*Panel test*)

*Molecular Markers* 

**fluidity.**

**References:** 

reported.

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

Linoleic acid (ǚ6) **9,79 ± 0,63** Linolenic acid (ǚ3) **0,84 ± 0,11** Arachic acid **0,47 ± 0,08** Eicosenoic acid **0,15 ± 0,16** Behenic acid **0,13 ± 0,05**

*DCA09 DCA18 GAPU59 GAPU71A GUPA71B GAPU103A*  **172 - 182 179 - 181 212 - 218 214 - 214 124 - 124 150 - 184** 

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

*UDO01 UDO03 UDO12 UDO28 UDO39*  **144 - 150 143 - 143 166 - 193 182 - 182 213 - 213** 

1 - Rotundo A., Marone E*.* In: *Il germoplasma olivicolo lucano*, Olita - Potenza (2002), pp. 115-118. 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 ± 0,04** 

Unsat./satured **4,77 ± 0,06** ǚ6/ǚ3 **11,82 ± 1,11**

> Blade length (cm): **medium (6,32 ± 0,57)** Blade width (cm): **medium (1,43 ± 0,16)** Shape (length/width): **elliptic—lanceolate**

#### *Inflorescence characters*

Inflorescence length (cm): **short (2,07 ± 0,52)** Number of flowers: **low (14,57 ± 2,16)**

#### *Fruit characters*

Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **high (5,56 ± 0,62)** Shape (length/width): **ovoid**  Symmetry: **slightly asymmetric**  Position of maximum transverse diameter: **central**  Apex: **rounded**  Base: **truncate**  Niplle: **obvoius**  Lenticels: **many and small** 

*Pit characters*  Weight of 100 pits (g): **high (0,60 ± 0,18)** Shape (length/width): **elliptic**  Mucron: **obvious**  Symmetry: **symmetric**  Position of maximum transverse diameter: **central**  Apex: **pointed**  Base: **pointed**  Surface: **rugose**  Number of grooves: **medium** 

### *Fatty Acid Composition*

**" Ogliastro grande "** *(synonymy: Ogliastro di Torre Orsaia)*  Innocenzo Muzzalupo 243

Areal distribution or origin area: **Campania** Flesh/pit weight ratio: **high (9,29 ± 1,74)**  Oil content (%): **medium (46,83 ± 1,22)**

*Morphological characters* 

Purpose: **oil**

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

*Leaf characters*

*Fruit characters*

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

*Inflorescence characters*

Canopy-density: **medium-dense** 

Blade length (cm): **medium (6,56 ± 0,54)** Blade width (cm): **medium (1,14 ± 0,14)** Shape (length/width): **elliptic-lanceolate** 

Number of flowers: **low (16,43 ± 1,87)**

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

Lenticels: **many and small** 

*Pit characters* 

Mucron: **obvious** 

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

Inflorescence length (cm): **medium (2,80 ± 0,75)**

Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **high (4,15 ± 0,33)**

Position of maximum transverse diameter:

Weight of 100 pits (g): **medium (0,41 ± 0,04)**

Position of maximum transverse diameter:

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

Symmetry: **slightly asymmetric** 

Number of grooves: **low** 

*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 artichoke and tomato, read sensations of almond. 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 - Caruso T., Cartabellotta D., Motisi A., *et al*. In: *Cultivar di olivo siciliane*, Università degli Studi di Palermo (2007), pp. 60-64.

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