Mycorrhiza: an ecofriendly bio-tool for better survival of plants in nature

M Dhiman, L Sharma, P Kaushik, A Singh, MM Sharma - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Modern agriculture is currently enduring rapid changes in defiance of the continuing
increase of the global population and the various consequent environmental challenges …

[PDF][PDF] Ectomycorrhizal fungal diversity: seperating the wheat from the chaff

AC Rinaldi, O Comandini, TW Kuyper - Fungal diversity, 2008 - fungaldiversity.org
Thousands of ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungal species exist, but estimates of global species
richness of ECM fungi differ widely. Many genera have been proposed as being ECM, but in …

Cultivation of desert truffles—A crop suitable for arid and semi-arid zones

A Morte, V Kagan-Zur, A Navarro-Ródenas, Y Sitrit - Agronomy, 2021 - mdpi.com
Desert truffles are edible hypogeous (forming fruit bodies below ground) fungi that grow in
semi-arid and arid areas. They are highly valued for both their culinary and medicinal …

Biotechnology and cultivation of desert truffles

A Morte, M Honrubia, A Gutiérrez - Mycorrhiza: state of the art, genetics …, 2008 - Springer
Among the ascomyces truffles, there are several genera with an excellent record as edible
fungi, and two of these are of considerable economic importance: Terfezia and Tuber. Of …

Desert truffle genomes reveal their reproductive modes and new insights into plant–fungal interaction and ectendomycorrhizal lifestyle

JE Marqués‐Gálvez, S Miyauchi, F Paolocci… - New …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Desert truffles are edible hypogeous fungi forming ectendomycorrhizal symbiosis with plants
of Cistaceae family. Knowledge about the reproductive modes of these fungi and the …

Arbuscular mycorrhiza enhances auxin levels and alters auxin biosynthesis in Tropaeolum majus during early stages of colonization

K Jentschel, D Thiel, F Rehn… - Physiologia …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Plant hormones, including auxins, might be signals during the establishment of an
arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) symbiosis. Here, we report on the concentrations of three …

Expression analysis of aquaporins from desert truffle mycorrhizal symbiosis reveals a fine-tuned regulation under drought

A Navarro-Ródenas, G Bárzana… - Molecular Plant …, 2013 - Am Phytopath Society
We have performed the isolation, functional characterization, and expression analysis of
aquaporins in roots and leaves of Helianthemum almeriense, in order to evaluate their roles …

Truffle and truffle-like fungi from continental Africa

PW Thomas, WA Elkhateeb, G Daba - Acta mycologica, 2019 - dspace.stir.ac.uk
Africa is a diverse continent composed of many different terrestrial biomes, from the largest
nonpolar desert in the world to equatorial forests and Southern African Fynbos. Biodiversity …

Asian Mediterranean desert truffles

V Kagan-Zur, M Akyuz - Desert Truffles: Phylogeny, Physiology …, 2013 - Springer
The Asian lands bordering the Mediterranean Sea––Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, and Israel––all
include zones of arid and semiarid steppe with limited rainfall (50–250 and 300–600 mm …

Techniques for host plant inoculation with truffles and other edible ectomycorrhizal mushrooms

M Iotti, F Piattoni, A Zambonelli - Edible Ectomycorrhizal Mushrooms …, 2013 - Springer
Large-scale production of high-quality mycorrhizal plants in the greenhouse is mainstay for
the modern cultivation of edible ectomycorrhizal mushrooms (EEMMs). Success at this step …