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- Gives a modern approach of this new topic
- Integrates scientific and applied aspects
- With contributions by an international board of experts
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Soil Biology (SOILBIOL, volume 38)
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Table of contents (22 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Phylogeny
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Front Matter
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Conditions Favoring Mycorrhiza Formation
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Front Matter
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Distribution
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Front Matter
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Fruit-Body Attributes
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Front Matter
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About this book
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 within the order Pezizales. While in some arid areas, desert truffles have been traditionally used as food, in most regions interest has only recently been increasing, and truffles are now treasured for their nutritional value, as an income source and for research.
This volume gives a comprehensive overview of the phylogeny, biology, mycorrhizal association, and distribution of desert truffles, their use, biochemical and medicinal properties, as well as their domestication and cultivation.
Reviews
From the reviews:
“This new book is very wide-ranging. … The editors are to be commended for bringing so many researchers together to produce such a wide-ranging and authoritative synthesis, which will surely be the key reference work in desert truffles, in the Mediterranean region particularly, for some decades.” (IMA Fungus, Vol. 4 (1), December, 2013)Editors and Affiliations
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Life Sciences Department, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel
Varda Kagan-Zur, Nurit Roth-Bejerano
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Jacob Blaustein Institute for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel
Yaron Sitrit
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Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, Spain
Asunción Morte
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Desert Truffles
Book Subtitle: Phylogeny, Physiology, Distribution and Domestication
Editors: Varda Kagan-Zur, Nurit Roth-Bejerano, Yaron Sitrit, Asunción Morte
Series Title: Soil Biology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40096-4
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-40095-7Published: 18 November 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-52276-9Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-40096-4Published: 30 October 2013
Series ISSN: 1613-3382
Series E-ISSN: 2196-4831
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 397
Number of Illustrations: 50 b/w illustrations, 47 illustrations in colour
Topics: Agriculture, Mycology, Plant Breeding/Biotechnology, Food Science