Desert Truffles Phylogeny, Physiology, Distribution and Domestication /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kagan-Zur, Varda (Editor), Roth-Bejerano, Nurit (Editor), Sitrit, Yaron (Editor), Morte, Asunción (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Soil Biology, 38
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Food > Biotechnology.; Agriculture.; Plant breeding.; Mycology.; Life Sciences.; Plant Breeding/Biotechnology.; Food Science.

Desert truffles are found in every known desert, irrespective of the habitat – cool or hot, loamy or acidic, sandy or heavy soil – the only common condition seems to be a limited supply of water. In contrast to ‘true’ truffles, desert truffles have evolved over time in different families, mainly wit...

Table of Contents:

• Hypogeous desert fungi
• Nomenclatural history and Genealogies of Desert Truffles
• Cryptic and new species
• Soil Properties
• Types of Mycorrhizal Association
• Pre-symbiotic interactions between the desert truffle Terfezia boudieri and its host plant Helianthemum sessiliflorum
• Benefits conferred on plants
• Ecology and Distribution of Desert Truffles in Western North America
• The European desert truffles
• Mediterranean Basin: North Africa
• Asian Mediterranean Desert Truffles
• Non mediterranean Asian desert countries
• Ecology and Distribution of Desert Truffles in the Kalahari of southern Africa
• Ecology and Distribution of Desert Truffles in the Australian Outback
• The History of Desert-Truffle Use
• Enzymes in Terfezia claveryi ascocarps
• Nutritional and antioxidant properties of Terfezia and Picoa
• Nutritional and antioxidant Properties of the white desert truffle Tirmania nivea (Zubaidi).
• Preservation of Truffles
• The Medicinal Value of Desert Truffles
• Domestication: Preparation of mycorrhizal seedlings
• Preparation and maintenance of both man-planted and wild plots.