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Monday, June 15
Keynote: State of the Truffle Industry and Perspectives from Italy by Alessandra Zambonelli, PhD, Univ of Bologna, Italy
Keynote: "Truffle hunting and extraction in Italy" was officially inscribed on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2021.
Best Practices in Truffle Dog Training by Raúl Deoiz, Spain, Founder and Manager of Trufdog (trufdog.com)
Research Task Force: Latest Updates in NATGA Truffle Research by Ann Scanlan, Mark Coleman, and Scott Oneto
Tuesday, June 16
Business Meeting: 2025 Annual Business meeting minutes
Keynote: Soil Ecology, Microbial Interactions, and Their Implications for Truffle Cultivation by Alessandra Zambonelli, Italy
GIS Mapping and the Future of Truffle Cultivation in the USA by Rafael Rovirosa and Ximena Zamacona, Rovirosa Farms, NM
Truffle Species and Tree Species; New Combinations and Opportunities by Brian Upchurch, Carolina Truffiéres, NC
Harvesting Truffles in Record Time: Lessons from Acorn to Truffle by Aziz Turkoglu, PhD, Univ of Washington, Seattle, WA
Artificial Truffle Flavoring: Fake Ass Truffle; Truffle Grower’s Top Competitor by Ken Fry, Homer Fry Ranch, Eagle, ID
Posters
U.S. Industry Education of T. melanosporum production in Manjimup Wester Australia, a collaboration of Autralian Truffle Traders, Truffle Dog Company and Cartwright Truffiere.
Login to View PosterPotential BLack Truffle Growing Areas in the US by Sergio Martinez, Marcos Morcillo, Monica Sanchez, Ximena Zamacona, Rafael Rovirosa and Xaview Vilanova (Micologia Forestal Aplicada - Micofora and Rovirosa Farms)
Login to View PosterLearning to Inoculate Replacement Trees: An Early-Stage Grower Experiment by Margaret Townsend, NewTown Truffiere
Login to View PosterSpanish Wells and Spore Augmentation in Truffle Orchards: A Grower-Led Experimental Framework by Margaret Townsend, NewTown Truffiere
Login to View PosterEastern Filbert Blight: Potential Impact and Strategies for your Orchard - 2026 Update by Margaret Townsend, NewTown Truffiere
Login to View PosterThe response of Quercus robur and Q. garryana seedlings to a combination of peat, lime and fertilizer rate by Mark Coleman, University of Idaho
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2 comments
Vanessa Shea
Under Ken Fry’s presentation, Aziz’s slides are entered again instead of Kens. Can this be updated? Thank you!
Fabrice Caporal
Thank you Vanessa. This has now been corrected. Please note that video recordings of the presentations (certainly a must for Ken’s presentation ;-)) will be posted here shortly.