Una nuova ipotesi sui parentali dell’Aglianico e sull’origine della sua denominazione

This work aims to determine the genetic relationship among Aglianico and other varieties supposed to be related, and to give a new interpretation of the name Aglianico by means an hystorical and etymological study. The etymological study determine that some synonymous of the name Aglianico do not give any information about its origin (i.e. ellenico from Greece, or agliana from grape of the level ground). We are considering the Aglianico word in relation to the north-west of Italy places names, as well as to people moved from this area to several areas known today for the cultivation of Aglianico and Aglianicone. From the genetic point of view 122 accessions belonging to different varieties collected from Alburni – Cilento - Vallo di Diano (Campania Region) and from different areas of Basilicata Region were analysed using 9 microsatellite markers to evaluate the homonymies, synonymies and the genetic structure of the different genotypes. Moreover, our data showed that Aglianicone has a first degree relationship with Aglianico.