ISSN 2736-1756
Advanced Journal of Microbiology Research ISSN 2241-9837 Vol. 12 (5), pp. 001-007, May, 2018. © International Scholars Journals
Full Length Research Paper
Cultivation of an edible desert truffle (TERFEZIA BOUDIERI Chatin)
A. Slama1*, Z. Fortas2, A. Boudabous3 and M. Neffati1
1Range Ecology Laboratory, Institut des Régions arides de Médenine 4119, Tunisia.
2Laboratory of Microbiology, Faculty of Sciences Orans Es-Sénia, Algeria.
3Laboratory of the Microbiology and Actives Biomoleculs, Faculty of Sciences of Tunis, campus 1060, Tunisia.
Accepted 18 February, 2018
Abstract
This research was conducted to study the fruiting of an edible truffle TERFEZIA BOUDIERI Chatin in fields using mycorrhizal plants of HELIANTHEMUM SESSILIFLORUM Desf. Pers. in two soil types (gypsy and sandy loam soils). Two cultivation methods have been tested. The first is the transplantation of inoculated plants (with T. BOUDIERI ascospores) maintained in greenhouse and the second is the seedling of inoculated H. SESSILIFLORUM seeds in experimental field (24 m2). The first ascocarps was detected one year after (2006) nearby transplanted plants in gypsy soil, two fruiting bodies of T. BOUDIERI were observed in both soil types near the plants obtained by direct inoculation of H. SESSILIFLORUM seeds in the second year (2007). Three years after (2009), the experimental field produces two ascocarps close to transplanted plants in sand loamy soil and directly seedling plants in gypsy soil.
Key words: Helianthemum sessiliflorum, arid land, desert truffle, cultivation, plantation, mycorrhization, seeds.