LEADER 03250oam 2200457 450 001 9910298305803321 005 20190911112726.0 010 $a3-642-40096-5 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-642-40096-4 035 $a(OCoLC)864181955 035 $a(MiFhGG)GVRL6XKG 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000057937 100 $a20140321d2014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun|---uuuua 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aDesert truffles $ephylogeny, physiology, distribution and domestication /$fVarda Kagan-Zur [and three others], editors 205 $a1st ed. 2014. 210 1$aHeidelberg, Germany :$cSpringer,$d2014. 215 $a1 online resource (ix, 397 pages) $cillustrations (some color), maps (some color) 225 1 $aSoil Biology,$x1613-3382 ;$v38 300 $a"ISSN: 1613-3382." 311 $a3-642-40095-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aHypogeous 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. 330 $aDesert truffles are found in every known desert, irrespective of the habitat ? cool or hot, loamy or acidic, sandy or heavy soil ? the only common condition seems to be a limited supply of water. In contrast to ?true? truffles, desert truffles have evolved over time in different families, mainly within the order Pezizales. While in some arid areas, desert truffles have been traditionally used as food, in most regions interest has only recently been increasing, and truffles are now treasured for their nutritional value, as an income source and for research. This volume gives a comprehensive overview of the phylogeny, biology, mycorrhizal association, and distribution of desert truffles, their use, biochemical and medicinal properties, as well as their domestication and cultivation. 410 0$aSoil biology ;$v38. 606 $aTruffles 606 $aDesert plants 615 0$aTruffles. 615 0$aDesert plants. 676 $a579.578163 702 $aKagan-Zur$b Varda 801 0$bMiFhGG 801 1$bMiFhGG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910298305803321 996 $aDesert Truffles$92544048 997 $aUNINA