Best practices for cultivation of truffles
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Date
2017
Authors
Fischer, Christine
Oliach, Daniel
Bonet Lledos, José Antonio
Colinas, C. (Carlos)
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Cultivation of truffles in managed orchards has become an important
agricultural alternative in rural Mediterranean regions. The declines of wild
Tuber melanosporum throughout its natural range, its high market value and
the development of nursery and cultivation techniques have encouraged its
successful cultivation during the last several decades. We present here the
state of the art of black truffle cultivation, habitat requirements of the fungus,
cultivation techniques and descriptions of the mycorrhizae of four important
Tuber species. Additionally we provide recent research findings with special
implications for truffle cultivation and a brief review of truffle culinary products.
In the last section we address the developing Truffle Sector in Southwest Turkey.