*Morphological characters*

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

### *Leaf characters*

*Biochemical Characters*

252 Olive Germplasm – Italian Catalogue of Olive Varieties

Myristic acid **0,02 ± 0,01**  Palmitic acid **11,54 ± 0,47** Palmitoleic acid **1,43 ± 0,32** Stearic acid **1,94 ± 0,24** Oleic acid **75,73 ± 0,90**

*Fatty Acid Composition* 

*Organoleptic oil values* 

Sensory Analysis (*Panel test*)

**ter and spicy. Medium fluidity.**

*Molecular Markers* 

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

**References:** 

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

Linoleic acid (ǚ6) **6,68 ± 0,43** Linolenic acid (ǚ3) **0,70 ± 0,07** Arachic acid **0,27 ± 0,01** Eicosenoic acid **0,02 ± 0,01** Behenic acid **0,13 ± 0,09**

*DCA09 DCA18 GAPU59 GAPU71A GUPA71B GAPU103A*  **182 - 206 177 - 181 208 - 222 210 - 214 126 - 144 170 - 170** 

*UDO01 UDO03 UDO12 UDO28 UDO39*  **140 - 140 182 - 182 177 - 177 154 - 210 205 - 232** 

1 - Pietrangeli E., Russo A., In: *Olivi D'Abruzzo*, Grafiche di Prinzio (1997), pp. 52-53. 2 - Muzzalupo I., Salimonti A., Caravita M. A., *et al. Adv. Hort. Sci*. (2008), 22(2): pp. 129-135.

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 **0,06 ± 0,06** 

Unsat./satured **6,12 ± 0,03** ǚ6/ǚ3 **9,67 ± 1,53**

> Blade length (cm): **medium (5,07 ± 0,44)** Blade width (cm): **medium (1,24 ± 0,12)** Shape (length/width): **elliptic-lanceolate**

#### *Inflorescence characters*

Inflorescence length (cm): **medium (2,86 ± 1,81)** Number of flowers: **low (14,91 ± 0,95)**

#### *Fruit characters*

Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **medium (2,19 ± 0,07)** Shape (length/width): **ovoid**  Symmetry: **symmetric**  Position of maximum transverse diameter: **central**  Apex: **rounded**  Base: **truncate**  Niplle: **tenuous** Lenticels: **many and small** 

*Pit characters*  Weight of 100 pits (g): **low (0,28 ± 0,02)** 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*

**" Olivo da salare "** *(synonymy: Gaetana)* 

Innocenzo Muzzalupo 255

Areal distribution or origin area: **Campania** Flesh/pit weight ratio: **medium (5,95 ± 0,50)**  Oil content (%): **medium (46,43 ± 1,84)**

*Morphological characters* 

Purpose: **dual purpose**

Growth habit: **spreading** 

*Inflorescence characters*

Symmetry: **symmetric** 

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** 

Canopy-density: **medium-sparse** 

Blade length (cm): **medium (5,86 ± 0,36)**  Blade width (cm): **medium (1,41 ± 0,14)**  Shape (length/width): **elliptic-lanceolate** 

Number of flowers: **low (13,12 ± 1,40)** 

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

Inflorescence length (cm): **medium (2,69 ± 0,55)** 

Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **medium (3,48 ± 0,16)**

Position of maximum transverse diameter:

Weight of 100 pits (g): **high (0,51 ± 0,06)** 

Position of maximum transverse diameter:

*Tree characters*  Vigour: **weak** 

*Leaf characters*

*Fruit characters*

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

*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-high, with hints of leaves, grass, almond and artichoke. Balanced taste sensation with a medium-high 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 - Pugliano G., Flaminio G., Pugliano M.L., *et al.* In: *La risorsa genetica dell'olivo in Campania,* SE. S.I.R.C.A. Ed. Napoli, (2000).

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