Webinars
Events
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[Webinar] Shannon Berch: Truffle sex & what that means for orchard management & productivity.
WebinarRecording of the webinar available here to NATGA members In this presentation, I will review three scientific publications (see below) that are available for free download or on the NATGA web site under Resources, Papers. Although it is my goal to make the science reasonably accessible for non-scientists, I will be explaining biological and mycological […]
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[Webinar] Inga Meadows: Testing your trees for colonization: The Why’s & How’s
Recording of the event available to NATGA Members Truffle farming can be a rewarding experience when truffles are found, but the years between planting your seedlings and before your first harvest can keep you on the edge of your seat! You can take some of the guesswork out of it by having your roots examined […]
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[Webinar] Gregory Bonito: Truffle Farms of North America Databasing Project – Creating a resource for the North American Truffle Industry
View Recording (Public Access) A team of researchers are conducting a survey of the North American Truffle Industry. NATGA sees this project as a way to assess the size of our industry, when and where we are productive, growing conditions that work (or don't work). We need this data to drive research priorities and funding; […]
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[Webinar] Olivia Martin-Taylor: Industry Integrity, Truffle Grading, Coop and Collective Development, and How to Managing an Aging Orchard
WebinarThe burgeoning truffle industry in North America has the unique opportunity to establish standards that ensure the highest levels of product quality and measures to ensure industrial integrity. To address industry and product integrity we can take simple actions at different points in the cultivation process. The industry can take steps to prevent contaminant truffle species from entering the market. These steps include setting industry seedling standards and a comprehensive system of truffle grading.
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[Webinar] Christine Fischer: Tuber brumale and other mycorrhizal fungi that may fruit in our truffle orchards
View Recording By establishing black truffle orchards, we are introducing a new fungus to our soils and inevitably there will be shifts in the community of soil organisms in the rhizosphere activities belowground, not just Tuber melanosporum. Sometimes our first awareness comes with the appearance of fruitbodies of other fungi such as Tuber brumale, a […]
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[Webinar] Claude Murat: Watering, mulching and shadowing in Tuber melanosporum and Tuber aestivum orchards
WebinarWatering, mulching and shadowing in Tuber melanosporum and Tuber aestivum orchards - Detail coming soon
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[Webinar]Scott Oneto: North American Truffle Growers Survey
WebinarView Recording We're pleased to announce that dozens of growers have filled out the survey and the database is now growing. We are well on our way to answering a series of pressing questions for growers. Based upon the growers feedback we are launching a revised version that will be more user friendly. In addition […]
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[Webinar]Dwayne Tate: Basic Principles of Liming and Soil Acidity
WebinarView Recording Soil and soil analysis reports continue to be a frequent concern to growers. Speaker
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[Webinar]Rowan Jacobsen: What Do Truffles Mean?
WebinarView Recording For centuries, truffles have been marketed as the ultimate luxury food, a precious morsel to be had in fancy restaurants. While this has kept their perceived value high, it has also made them off-putting to many consumers, and has prevented them from being widely embraced in many cultures. Americans know very little about […]
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Basic experimental concepts for testing management options in truffle orchards
WebinarView Recording Truffle growers have a lot of ideas and information available on management practices necessary to produce truffles. Sometimes ideas conflict, it is not clear what level of a treatment is most effective, or you have an off-the-wall idea to try. We can test our ideas and decide which practices work best using basic […]