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The Spanish Truffle World 2013 Progress and Challenges
Australian Truffle Growers Association 2013 Annual General Meeting and Conference 23-25 August 2013 Mittagong
The Spanish Truffle World 2013 Progress and Challenges Christine - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
The Spanish Truffle World 2013 Progress and Challenges Christine - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
The Spanish Truffle World 2013 Progress and Challenges Christine Fischer Daniel Oliach Forest Science Centre of Catalonia Australian Truffle Growers Association 2013 Annual General Meeting and Conference 23-25 August 2013 Mittagong TRUFFLE
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Black Truffles from Europe Estimated production
- France 45%
27 tons
- Italy
19% 12 tons
- Spain
36% 21 tons
- Total
60 tons
Source GETT 2010
Photo: John Garrone
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100 200 300 400 500 600 700 55-60 61-65 66-70 71-75 76-80 81-85 85-90 91-94 97-98 98-99 99-00 00-01 01-02 02-03 03-04 04-05 05-06 06-07 07-08 08-09 09-10 10-11 11-12 12-13
Precio (€/kg) Season
Changing prices for Black Truffles paid in the Spanish Market (Mean price/kilo/week in € adjusted to € January 2013)
10 year mean price: 430-450€ Range between: 200-900€ in same season Higher prices paid for plantation vs wild truffles: 60-120€/kg
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TRUFFLE PLANTATIONS INCREASING
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Area dedicated to truffle plantations
Source: J. Vila 2011; Reyna, 2013
Community Ha Aragon 6,250 Castile and Leon 1,600 Valencia 950 Catalonia 530 Castile and La Mancha 300 Navarra 300 The Basque Country 180 Andalusia 110 La Rioja 105
Total
10,325
2013: 12,000 ha in Spain and 30,000 ha in Europe
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PLANT NURSERIES EXPANDING 200,000 SEEDLINGS/YR
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Spain: Tree nurseries specializing in seedlings inoculated with truffles
- T. melanosporum
- T. aestivum
- T. borchii
- Terfezia sp.
- 27 nurseries
- 7 communities
- 2 new nurseries 2013
Quercus ilex
- Q. faginea
- Q. coccifera
Corylus avellana
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TRUFFLE FESTIVALS
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Truffle festivals in Spain
Sarrion, 1st Fitruf 2001 El Toro Abejar Ainsa Graus Orísoain, Estella- Navarra Berguedà, Catalonia Solsona, Catalonia Centelles, Catalonia Soto en Cameros, La Rioja T. aestivum Belmonte de San José, Bajo Aragón
Búsqueda de la trufa. Moisés Torrealba
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- Sell plants
- Give technical support
- Enroll clients
- Travel the festival routes
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FIELD EXTENSION SERVICES
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Laboratory Extension Services
- Plant evaluation method
ISO certified
- Spore suspension
analysis
- Soil DNA: presence of
Tuber mycelium in
- rchards
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RESEARCH
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Tuber melanosporum
Mycorrhizae Vegetative mycelium Reproductive body Spore-filled truffle
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- Herbaceous cover
Mycelial expansion
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ECTOMYCORRHIZAE: DIVERSITY IN TRUFFLE BEDS
Diversity of ectomycorrhizae in black truffle plantations in Teruel. Sergio Sanchez et al. (2013 Trufficulture Congress Teruel) Below-ground ectomycorrhizal community in natural tuber melanosporum truffle grounds and dynamics after canopy
- pening.
Garcia and Reyna, Mycorrhiza (2012) 22:361-369
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MOLECULAR STUDIES MYCELIUM AND ASCOCARPS
Quantification of extraradical mycelium of Tuber melanosporum in soils from truffle orchards in northern Spain Javier Parladé et al. 2013, Mycorrhiza (2013) 23:99-106 Tuber melanosporum rapidly colonizes soil surrounding its host tree in Quercus ilex plantations Liu Bing et al. in press (Trufficulture Congress, Teruel 2013) Genetic diversity and structure of the Iberian populations of
- T. melanosporum
Garcia-Cunchillos et al. (Trufficulture Congress,Teruel 2013)
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CONSERVATION OF TRUFFLE PRODUCTS
Shelf-Life Extension of Fresh Tuber aestivum and Tuber melanosporum Truffles by Modified Atmosphere Packaging with Microperforated Films DOMINGO BLANCO, Univ. of Zaragoza Vol. 75, Nr. 4, 2010—JOURNAL OF FOOD SCIENCE
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TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
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PEST ALERTS
Mites Candidatus phytoplsma Insects: Ommatoilus sabulosus Megaselia sp Lycoriella sp Suillia pallida Helomyza tubervora Leiodes cinnamomea
Truffle fly
http://www.trifolabianca.it/mojoportal/1insetti-e-parassiti-del-tartufo.aspx
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Photo: Trufamanía.com
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ROLE OF TRUFFLE VOC AND BEETLE LIFE CYCLE
A method for capturing, marking and recapturing provides a menas for estimating the population of Leiodes cinnamomea Panzer (Coleoptera: Leiodidae), a plague of the truffle T. melanosporum Vittadini Pérez-Andueza et al. 2011 The role of semiochemicals in the interaction of the primary mycophagist Leiodes cinnamomea Panzer (Coleoptera: Leiodidae) and its host (Tuber melanosporum Vittadini) Hidalgo, F. et al. 2011
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TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
- Study the life cycle and damage levels
- Develop high scale trapping methods
- Improve trapping system and retest
- Register patent for trapping method
http://patentados.com/patente/trampa-para-la-captura-de-insectos/
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