**" Colombina "**

*(synonymy: Colombina 17, Colombina lunga.)* 

Areal distribution or origin area: **Emilia** Flesh/pit weight ratio: **medium (5,60 ± 0,43)**  Oil content (%): **low (35,63 ± 0,99)** Purpose: **oil**

## *Morphological characters*

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

#### *Leaf characters*

*Biochemical Characters*

82 Olive Germplasm – Italian Catalogue of Olive Varieties

Myristic acid **0,02 ± 0,01** Palmitic acid **12,25 ± 1,19** Palmitoleic acid **0,53 ± 0,46** Stearic acid **2,17 ± 0,46** Oleic acid **76,15 ± 0,82**

*Fatty Acid Composition* 

*Organoleptic oil values* 

Sensory Analysis (*Panel test*)

*Molecular Markers* 

**References:** 

reported.

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

Linoleic acid (ǚ6) **7,06 ± 0,01** Linolenic acid (ǚ3) **0,76 ± 0,00** Arachic acid **0,35 ± 0,14** Eicosenoic acid **0,28 ± 0,15** Behenic acid **0,09 ± 0,03**

*DCA09 DCA18 GAPU59 GAPU71A GUPA71B GAPU103A*  **194 - 194 181 - 181 212 - 222 210 - 224 124 - 144 170 - 170** 

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

*UDO01 UDO03 UDO12 UDO28 UDO39*  **144 - 144 150 - 150 166 - 193 154 - 210 170 - 213** 

1 - Rotundo A., Marone E*.* In: *Il germoplasma olivicolo lucano*, Olita-Potenza (2002), pp. 99-102. 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 ± 0,02** 

Unsat./satured **5,70 ± 0,36** ǚ6/ǚ3 **9,29 ± 1,20**

> Blade length (cm): **medium (5,78 ± 0,46)**  Blade width (cm): **medium (1,40 ± 0,17)**  Shape (length/width): **elliptic-lanceolate**

#### *Inflorescence characters*

Inflorescence length (cm): **medium (3,12 ± 1,13)**  Number of flowers: **medium (18,97 ± 1,19)** 

#### *Fruit characters*

Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **medium (2,05 ± 0,25)**  Shape (length/width): **ovoid**  Symmetry: **slightly asymmetric**  Position of maximum transverse diameter: **towards base**  Apex: **rounded**  Base: **truncate**  Niplle: **absent** Lenticels: **many and small** 

#### *Pit characters*

Weight of 100 pits (g): **medium (0,31 ± 0,02)**  Shape (length/width): **elongated**  Mucron: **obvious**  Symmetry: **slightly asymmetric**  Position of maximum transverse diameter: **towards base**  Apex: **pointed**  Base: **rounded**  Surface: **rugose**  Number of grooves: **medium** 

### *Fatty Acid Composition*

**" Coratina "** *(synonymy: Cima di Corato, Olivo a grappoli, Racemo, Racioppa, etc.)* 

Innocenzo Muzzalupo 85

Areal distribution or origin area: **Puglia** Flesh/pit weight ratio: **medium (3,95 ± 0,05)** 

*Morphological characters* 

Blade length (cm): **medium (6,24 ± 0,59)** Blade width (cm): **medium (1,33 ± 0,20)** Shape (length/width): **elliptic-lanceolate** 

Inflorescence length (cm): **medium (3,04 ± 0,59)** Number of flowers: **medium (17,19 ± 1,75)**

Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **medium (3,05 ± 0,60)**

Position of maximum transverse diameter:

Weight of 100 pits (g): **high (0,63 ± 0,08)**

Position of maximum transverse diameter:

Oil content (%): **high (50,48 ± 2,81)**

Purpose: **oil**

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

*Leaf characters*

*Fruit characters*

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

*Inflorescence characters*

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

Lenticels: **many and small** 

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

Number of grooves: **high** 

*Pit characters* 

Mucron: **obvious**  Symmetry: **asymmetric** 

**towards base**  Apex: **pointed**  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.


Sensory Analysis (*Panel test*)

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

## *Molecular Markers*

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

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


#### **References:**

1 - Cristoferi G., Rotondi A., Magli M. In: *Il germoplasma dell'olivo in Emilia Romagna*, ISTEA CNR (1997).

2 - Muzzalupo I., Lombardo N., Salimonti A., *et al. Adv. Hort. Sci*. (2008), 22(2): pp. 142-148.
