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  • Plant genetics and breeding
  • Food chemistry and quality analysis
  • Agronomy

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  • Wild olives possess significant genetic diversity, offering potential for introgression of desirable agronomic traits and stress resistance into cultivated varieties.
  • Virgin olive oil (VOO) quality is defined by fatty acid composition and minor components, but VOO from wild olives remains understudied compared to cultivars.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the variability of fruit characters, fatty acid composition, and minor quality components in wild olives, cultivars, and their progenies.
  • To compare the VOO quality attributes between wild olive genotypes and cultivated varieties.
  • To assess the potential impact of incorporating wild germplasm into breeding programs on key VOO quality traits.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of fruit weight, oil content (OC), fatty acid composition, squalene, sterols, and tocopherols in wild olives (n=32), cultivars (n=62), and cultivar × wild progenies (n=62).
  • Statistical analysis to identify correlations among components and differences between the three plant material groups.

Main Results:

  • Wild olives exhibited lower fruit size and OC but higher C16:0 percentage and tocopherol content compared to cultivars.
  • Wild genotypes had lower C18:1 percentage, squalene, and sterol content than cultivars; tocopherol and phytosterol fractions showed no clear differences.
  • Significant correlations among components within chemical families were observed across all groups, with some correlations being group-specific.

Conclusions:

  • Introgression of wild germplasm into olive breeding programs is unlikely to negatively affect fatty acid composition, tocopherol content, or tocopherol/phytosterol profiles.
  • Early-generation selection in breeding programs is crucial for managing trait introgression from wild olives.
  • Wild olive parents can potentially enhance tocopherol content in cultivated varieties.