**" Ottobrina "**

Areal distribution or origin area: **Liguria** Flesh/pit weight ratio: **medium (5,54 ± 1,02)**  Oil content (%): **medium (46,48 ± 0,52)** Purpose: **oil**

## *Morphological characters*

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

#### *Leaf characters*

*Biochemical Characters*

266 Olive Germplasm – Italian Catalogue of Olive Varieties

Myristic acid **0,01 ± 0,01** Palmitic acid **14,19 ± 1,18** Palmitoleic acid **1,12 ± 0,21** Stearic acid **2,23 ± 0,36** Oleic acid **70,52 ± 2,02**

*Fatty Acid Composition* 

*Organoleptic oil values* 

Sensory Analysis (*Panel test*)

*Molecular Markers* 

**References:** 

reported.

**dium-high fluidity.**

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

Linoleic acid (ǚ6) **9,79 ± 0,85** Linolenic acid (ǚ3) **0,65 ± 0,18** Arachic acid **0,32 ± 0,09** Eicosenoic acid **0,15 ± 0,10** Behenic acid **0,14 ± 0,06**

*DCA09 DCA18 GAPU59 GAPU71A GUPA71B GAPU103A*  **182 - 206 177 - 185 212 - 222 212 - 212 124 - 124 157 - 170** 

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

1 - Lombardo N., Perri E., Muzzalupo I., *et al.* In: *Il germoplasma olivicolo calabrese*, Ist. Sper. Olivic.(2003), pp: 11.

*UDO01 UDO03 UDO12 UDO28 UDO39*  **140 - 150 143 - 143 177 - 193 143 - 154 170 - 205** 

2 - Perri E., Mazzotti F., Muzzalupo I., *et al.* In: *Relazione attività, CO.R.ASS.OL.* (2003).

3 - Muzzalupo I., Chiappetta A., Benincasa C., *et al Sci Hortic-Amsterdam*, (2010), 126: pp. 324-329.

*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 ± 0,06** 

Unsat./satured **4,94 ± 0,52** ǚ6/ǚ3 **16,07 ± 4,27**

> Blade length (cm): **medium (5,07 ± 0,32)** Blade width (cm): **medium (1,31 ± 0,19)** Shape (length/width): **elliptic**

#### *Inflorescence characters*

Inflorescence length (cm): **long (3,82 ± 1,56)** Number of flowers: **medium (21,17 ± 2,68)**

#### *Fruit characters*

Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **medium (2,74 ± 0,29)** Shape (length/width): **ovoid**  Symmetry: **slightly asymmetric**  Position of maximum transverse diameter: **central**  Apex: **rounded**  Base: **rounded**  Niplle: **tenuous** Lenticels: **many and small** 

#### *Pit characters*

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

### *Fatty Acid Composition*

**" Paesana bianca "** *(synonymy: Oliva bianca)* 

Innocenzo Muzzalupo 269

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

*Morphological characters* 

Blade length (cm): **medium (5,82 ± 0,58)** Blade width (cm): **broad (1,64 ± 0,21)** Shape (length/width): **elliptic** 

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

Position of maximum transverse diameter:

Weight of 100 pits (g): **high (0,46 ± 0,04)**

Position of maximum transverse diameter:

Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **medium (2,49 ± 0,14)**

Purpose: **oil**

*Tree characters* 

*Leaf characters*

*Fruit characters*

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

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

*Inflorescence characters*

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

Lenticels: **many and small** 

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

Symmetry: **slightly asymmetric** 

Number of grooves: **low** 

*Pit characters* 

Mucron: **obvious** 

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

*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.
