New Perspectives on Tuber Fungi
A special issue of Journal of Fungi (ISSN 2309-608X).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2024 | Viewed by 685
Special Issue Editors
Interests: fungal biodiversity; genotyping; population genetics; genomics; life cycle; plant-fungus interactions; plant and soil microbiome
Interests: fungal genomics; population genetics; biodiversity; molecular taxonomy; ecology; life cycle; microbiome analysis
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Many aspects of the biology and ecology of hypogeus ectomycorrhizal fungi, such as truffles, remain largely unknown, both in terms of their mysterious life cycle and their ecological determinants for the fructification.
Some species of the genus Tuber are renowned worldwide for their organoleptic traits, thus having a considerable economic value, and are harvested in wild forests, as well as cultivated.
Unfortunately, the natural production of truffles has actually been declining, resulting in low and uncertain yields. Satisfying explanations for this decrease in both natural and cultivated truffle yields are still lacking, even though different factors have been suggested as possible explanation for this decline, including climate change and unsustainable over-harvesting.
Despite exciting advances in several research fields, our understanding of several aspects surrounding truffle biology, ecology, preservation strategy, and cultivation management still remain limited.
In this Special Issue, articles (original research papers, reviews, and opinions) dealing with various aspects related to biological and ecological requirements underlying the production mechanisms of this economically important fungal delicacy are welcome.
The scope of this Special Issue includes, but is not limited to, the following themes:
- Analyses of genetic diversity, spatial, and temporal distribution patterns of strains in the field and population structure (on both large and small scales);
- Life cycle and reproductive strategy;
- Evolution and phylogenetics analyses;
- Truffle ecology;
- Microbial communities interacting with truffle fungi;
- Planning actions to protect and preserve truffle natural resources and environment;
- Optimization of truffle cultivation management strategies;
- Genome sequencing and RNAseq analyses.
Dr. Beatrice Belfiori
Dr. Claudia Riccioni
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- truffles
- tuber
- reproductive system
- truffle cultivation
- genetic diversity
- genomics
- phylogeography
- microbial community
- preservation
- ecology
