Desert Truffles : Phylogeny, Physiology, Distribution and Domestication /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Kagan-Zur, Varda. (Editor), Roth-Bejerano, Nurit. (Editor), Sitrit, Yaron. (Editor), Morte, Asunción. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edition:1st ed. 2014.
Series:Soil Biology, 38
Subjects:
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.