21 Original Research Article Plant Cell Biotechnology and Molecular Biology 23(13&14):21-28; 2022 ISSN: 0972-2025 QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS OF FIVE VARIETIES OF Olea europaea L. FRUITS AND OIL COMPOSITION GROWN IN DISTRICT LORALAI, BALOCHISTAN PALWASHA, SHAISTA ANJUM, AZMAT ALI AWAN, MUHAMMAD WAQAS ASLAM CHHEMA, MOHAMMAD ARABI AWAN, ABDULLAH BALOCH, INAM UL HAQ, AZHAR ALI MARRI, FOUZIA NOREEN AND TARIQ ISMAIL * University of Balochistan, Quetta, Pakistan [Palwasha, SA, TI, AAM]. Pakistan Oilseed Department, government research institute, Pakistan [AAA, MWAC]. University of Agriculture, Peshawar, Pakistan [MAA]. Agriculture Research Institute ARI, Quetta, Pakistan [IUH, AB]. Balochistan Agricultural Research and Development Centre, Pakistan [AB]. Mate University, Kaposvar, Hungary [TI]. Medicinal Botanic Center Pakistan Council of Scientific and industrial research Laboratories Pakistan. [FN] [ * For Correspondence: E-mail: tariqismail.dr@gmail.com, tariqali84@hotmail.com] Article Information Editor(s): (1) Prof. Mohamed Fawzy Ramadan, Umm Al-Qura University, KSA. Reviewers: (1) Sima Badeli, Gorgan University of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Iran. (2) Sihai Hu, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China. Received: 25 January 2022 Accepted: 29 March 2022 Published: 04 April 2022 _______________________________________________________________________________________________ ABSTRACT Olive, a premium oilseed crop is being grown in Pakistan for two decades. The scientists are convinced that Balochistan, is most suited for olive cultivation in Pakistan. It is estimated that about 86 varieties and 19 cultivars of Olive are being under plantation in the country. However, there is not much research data available for the varietal comparison in the agro-ecological situation in Balochistan especially Loralai. In order to investigate 05 promising olive exotic and locally acclimatized varieties under Loralai conditions, for their qualitative characteristics and quantitative traits, a study was conducted in the Katvi Farm Loralai. In this respect the technological/morphological and qualitative traits of all five cultivars Sorani, Carolea, Biancolilla, Koronieki and Kaissy were determined. The results after the analysis of data depicted that Kaissy is the largest sized fruits 26mm with thickest pulp amongst the five tested varieties followed by Carolea 25mm whereas, Koroneiki produced higher number of fruits with smaller size of 13mm and thinner pulp. Biancolilla gave highest yield/tree 23.3 followed by Carolea and the lowest yield was given by Kaissy variety. Oil % age was highest for Sorani (11.67%), followed by Biancolilla with % age values 9.33. Chemical analysis revealed that acidity of oil samples of all five cultivars was <0.3, peroxide value of 20 except for kaissy >20. Maximum Polphenols contents were found in Sorani