Cultivation of Desert Truffles—A Crop Suitable for Arid and Semi-Arid Zones

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 properties in the Mediterranean basin, the Middle East and the Gulf areas. Desert truffles form mycorrhizae mostly with p...

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Main Authors: Asuncion Morte, Varda Kagan-Zur, Alfonso Navarro-Ródenas, Yaron Sitrit
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-07-01
Series:Agronomy
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/11/8/1462