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Mycorrhization of pecan (Carya illinoinensis) with black truffles: Tuber melanosporum and Tuber brumale.
Mycorrhiza - 1 Apr 2017
Marozzi Giorgio, Sánchez Sergio, Benucci Gian Maria Niccolò, Bonito Gregory, Falini Leonardo Baciarelli, Albertini Emidio, Donnini Domizia
Abstract excerpt
Pecan, Carya illinoinensis, is an economically important nut producing tree that can establish ectomycorrhizal symbiosis with a high diversity of fungi. In the southern USA, truffles (Tuber spp.) sometimes fruit prolifically in cultivated pecan orchards and regularly associate with pecan roots as ectomycorrhizae (ECMs). It has been demonstrated that some valuable European truffle species (e.g., Tuber borchii and...
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