Webinar Recorded 10/17/2022. This is NATGA’s first webinar under the TRAPI umbrella. We highlight the current tools and technologies using DNA to characterize fungal species and populations present in truffle orchards. The team discussed what these genetic tools are and what they can tell us, how these insights might be applied to management, and how current and emerging genetic technologies may help us to provide better information on the living communities present in your orchard . . .
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2 comments
Paul Beckman
Extremely well done. One of the issues that is confusing is that when Mark and I took soil samples on my Bianchette orchard. Both years the soil probe went through mature truffles in November. 100 percent truffle present. My guess is that soil samples should only be done in June This was caused by funding limitations at the time that affected our schedule.. Another area that needs to be explored is the multiple tubers in one sample. We were trying to get Western Labs Parma Idaho to develop this but timing didn’t work out. They can test for 6 nematode types in each sample. Only needs a tablespoon of soil. Seemed like reasonable way to test a lot of orchards.
Fabrice Caporal
A nice problem to have, too many truffles!