**" Piantone di Falerone "**

*(synonymy: Piantone)* 

Areal distribution or origin area: **Marche** Flesh/pit weight ratio: **medium (5,35 ± 0,25)**  Oil content (%): **medium (46,75 ± 1,14)** Purpose: **oil**

## *Morphological characters*

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

*Leaf characters*

*Biochemical Characters*

286 Olive Germplasm – Italian Catalogue of Olive Varieties

Myristic acid **0,02 ± 0,01**  Palmitic acid **10,31 ± 0,37** Palmitoleic acid **0,40 ± 0,10** Stearic acid **1,85 ± 0,41** Oleic acid **77,79 ± 1,33**

*Fatty Acid Composition* 

*Organoleptic oil values* 

Sensory Analysis (*Panel test*)

*Molecular Markers* 

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

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

**References:** 

97-9.

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

Linoleic acid (ǚ6) **10,11 ± 0,13** Linolenic acid (ǚ3) **0,93 ± 0,06** Arachic acid **0,28 ± 0,06** Eicosenoic acid **0,06 ± 0,06** Behenic acid **0,11 ± 0,04**

*DCA09 DCA18 GAPU59 GAPU71A GUPA71B GAPU103A*  **162 - 206 181 - 181 208 - 212 214 - 214 126 - 126 157 - 184** 

*UDO01 UDO03 UDO12 UDO28 UDO39*  **144 - 144 150 - 150 166 - 193 154 - 154 205 - 205** 

1 - Cimato A., Cantini C., Sani G., In: *L'olivo in Toscana: il germoplasma autoctono*, Ed. ARSIA (2001).

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

*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 **0,05 ± 0,02** 

Unsat./satured **7,25 ± 0,98** ǚ6/ǚ3 **10,89 ± 0,80**

> Blade length (cm): **short (4,16 ± 0,33)** Blade width (cm): **narrow (0,99 ± 0,08)** Shape (length/width): **elliptic—lanceolate**

*Inflorescence characters*

Inflorescence length (cm): **medium (2,54 ± 0,78)** Number of flowers: **low (15,91 ± 0,87)**

*Fruit characters* Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **medium (2,42 ± 0,48)** Shape (length/width): **ovoid**  Symmetry: **slightly asymmetric**  Position of maximum transverse diameter: **central**  Apex: **rounded**  Base: **truncate**  Niplle: **absent** Lenticels: **many and small** 

*Pit characters*  Weight of 100 pits (g): **medium (0,36 ± 0,04)** Shape (length/width): **elliptic**  Mucron: **obvious**  Symmetry: **slightly asymmetric**  Position of maximum transverse diameter: **towards apex**  Apex: **rounded**  Base: **pointed**  Surface: **smooth**  Number of grooves: **medium** 

### *Fatty Acid Composition*

**" Piantone di Mogliano "** *(synonymy: Limoncella, Oliva riccia, Piantone, Raggiola, Rosciola, etc.)* 

Innocenzo Muzzalupo 289

Areal distribution or origin area: **Marche** Flesh/pit weight ratio: **medium (5,92 ± 0,23)**  Oil content (%): **medium (42,17 ± 1,36)**

*Morphological characters* 

Purpose: **dual purpose**

Growth habit: **spreading-erect**  Canopy-density: **dense** 

Blade length (cm): **short (4,92 ± 0,34)**  Blade width (cm): **medium (1,08 ± 0,09)**  Shape (length/width): **elliptic-lanceolate** 

Inflorescence length (cm): **long (3,56 ± 1,20)**  Number of flowers: **medium (21,08 ± 1,87)**

Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **medium (2,85 ± 0,75)**

Position of maximum transverse diameter:

Weight of 100 pits (g): **medium (0,36 ± 0,05)** 

Position of maximum transverse diameter:

*Tree characters*  Vigour: **medium** 

*Leaf characters*

*Fruit characters*

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

*Inflorescence characters*

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

Lenticels: **many and small** 

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

Number of grooves: **medium** 

*Pit characters* 

Mucron: **absent**  Symmetry: **symmetric** 

**towards apex**  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 - light, with hints of almond and read sensations of grass and artichoke. Balanced taste sensation with a 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 - Pannelli G., Alfei B., Santinelli A. In: *Varietà di olivo nelle Marche*, (2001), ASSAM pp. 93-96.

2 - Various authors. In: *Catalogo Nazionale delle Varietà di Olivo* . University of Bari (in press), ISBN 978-88-88793- 97-9.
