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Desert Truffles Phylogeny, Physiology, Distribution and Domestication /

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,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Kagan-Zur, Varda (Editor ), Roth-Bejerano, Nurit (Editor ), Sitrit, Yaron (Editor ), Morte, Asunción (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edición:1st ed. 2014.
Colección:Soil Biology, 38
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.