Cultivar name
Pignola
Synonyms (various languages)
Arbequina Mendocina, Crova, Crovia, Floscetta, Grappolosa, Liguria, Merletta, Merlina, Negretta, Olivo del Povero, Pigneua, Pigneux, Pignola Doppia, Pinola, Pravesia, Premice, Riviera di Genova
Biomenext selection
Non
Country of origin
Italy
Genetic erosion risk (1 = very low; 5 = very high)
0
Vigour (weak, medium, strong)
medium
Branches attitude (drooping, erect, spreading)
Canopy density (sparse, medium, dense)
Internode length (short: <1 cm, medium: 1-3 cm, long: >3 cm)
Flowering time (early, intermediate, late)
Self-compatibility (part.self-comp, self-comp, self-incomp)
self-incomp
Harvest time (early, medium, medium-late, late, very-late)
late
Fruit detachment force (low: <4N, medium: 4N-6N, high: >6N)
medium
Productivity (low, medium, high)
high
Production regularity (constant, poor-constant, alternant)
alternant
First fruiting start (early, intermediate, late, very-late)
Cuttings rooting ability (low: <30%, medium: 30%-60%, high: >60%)
medium
Fruit drop (weak, medium, strong)
Olive fly resistance (1 = very low; 5 = very high)
3
Olive moth resistance (1 = very low; 5 = very high)
0
Peacock eye resistance (1 = very low; 5 = very high)
3
Scale insects resistance (1 = very low; 5 = very high)
0
Verticillium wilt resistance (1 = very low; 5 = very high)
0
Olive knot resistance (1 = very low; 5 = very high)
3
Cercosporiosis resistance (1 = very low; 5 = very high)
0
Sooty mold resistance (1 = very low; 5 = very high)
0
Olive anthracnose resistance (1 = very low; 5 = very high)
0
Wind tolerance (1 = very low; 5 = very high)
3
Cold tolerance (1 = very low; 5 = very high)
4
Drought tolerance (1 = very low; 5 = very high)
4
Salinity tolerance (1 = very low; 5 = very high)
5
Air humidity tolerance (1 = very low; 5 = very high)
0
Limestone tolerance (1 = very low; 5 = very high)
0
Leaf shape (elliptic: L/W < 4; elliptic - lanceolate: L/W = 4-6; lanceolate: L/W > 6)
elliptic-lanceolate
Blade curvature (flat, epinastic, hyponastic, helicoid)
Leaf surface (glossy, matt)
Leaf length (short: < 5 cm; medium: 5-7 cm; long: > 7 cm)
medium
Leaf width (narrow: < 1 cm; medium: 1-1.5 cm; long: > 1.5 cm)
medium
Inflorescence length (short: < 25 mm; medium: 25-35 mm; long: > 35 mm)
No. of inflorescence flowers (low: < 18; medium: 18-25; high: > 25)
Inflorescence structure (dense, sparse)
Fruit colour at maturity (black; other - specify if possible)
Epicarp (glossy, pruinose, rough)
Fruit shape (spherical: L/W < 1.25; ovoid: L/W = 1.25-1.45; elongated: L/W > 1.45)
spherical
Fruit symmetry (symmetric, slightly asymmetric, asymmetric)
Fruit max diameter position (towards the base, central, towards the apex)
Fruit apex shape (pointed, rounded)
Fruit nipple (absent, tenuous, obvious)
Fruit base shape (truncate, rounded)
Fruit weight (low: < 2 g; medium: 2-4 g; high: 4-6 g; very high: > 6 g)
low
Fruit lenticels (few, medium, many)
Fruit lenticels dimension (small, medium, large)
Fruit veraison onset (early, medium, late)
Fruit veraison progression (contemporary, scalar)
Oil content (low: < 16-18% f.w.; medium: 16-18% - 20/22% f.w.; high: > 20-22% f.w)
high
Pulp/pit ratio (low: < 4; medium: 4-6; high: > 6)
Purpose (table, oil, both)
oil
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