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Desert Truffles (Terfezia spp.) Breeding by Asunción Morte; Francisco Arenas; José E. Marqués-Gálvez; Alberto Andrino; Ángel L. Guarnizo; Almudena Gutiérrez; Luis Miguel Berná; Manuela Pérez-Gilabert; Antonio Rodríguez; Alfonso Navarro-Ródenas is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Desert Truffles (Terfezia spp.) Breeding about?

Desert truffles are hypogeous edible fungi that have been exclusively harvested in wild areas for hundreds of years. Land-use changes coupled with shifts in precipitation pattern and volume, as a result of climate change, have led to a decline in wild production of these fungi. Due to their high nutritional value, as well as rising market prices, efforts were stepped toward domestication more than 20 years ago. The present chapter describes the achievements made to understand the biology and diversity of these desert truffles which have helped to make this resource more sustainable. Most efforts to domesticate this natural resource have begun primarily with Terfezia claveryi Chatin. Biotechnological processes for mycorrhizal plant production as well as plantation management practices are analyzed with the experience accumulated to date. Terfezia cultivation is a totally organic crop, with minimum water irrigation, without the consumption of fertilizers or phytosanitary products and using native fungal and plant species. Thus, the longstanding tradition of desert truffle harvesting looks to the future, by adapting its domestication to modern agriculture.

Author

Asunción Morte; Francisco Arenas; José E. Marqués-Gálvez; Alberto Andrino; Ángel L. Guarnizo; Almudena Gutiérrez; Luis Miguel Berná; Manuela Pérez-Gilabert; Antonio Rodríguez; Alfonso Navarro-Ródenas

Publisher

Springer International Publishing AG

Published

2021

Language

EN

ISBN

9783319919430

Subjects

Science, Biology, Stem