| Autor: |
Francisco Arenas, Alberto Andrino, Luis Miguel Berná, Manuela Pérez-Gilabert, José Eduardo Marqués-Gálvez, Angel Luigi Guarnizo, Almudena Gutiérrez, Asunción Morte, Antonio Rodríguez, Alfonso Navarro-Ródenas |
| Rok vydání: |
2021 |
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| Zdroj: |
Advances in Plant Breeding Strategies: Vegetable Crops ISBN: 9783030669683 |
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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. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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