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SUMMARY:[Webinar] Trees and Truffles - Partners in Grime - TRAPI 
DESCRIPTION:View Recording\n\n\n\nThis talk will focus on optimal tree host nutrition for truffle production. I will cover the basics of tree nutrition and soil nutrient availability\, highlighting special nutritional characteristics of trees. Target ranges of foliar nutrients for truffle production and the challenge of optimizing tree nutrition in basic soils will be discussed. I will review methods of foliar nutrient analysis and suggest avenues for future research. \n\n\n\nThis webinar will focus on optimal tree host nutrition for truffle production\, including basics of tree nutrition and soil nutrient availability\, and special nutritional characteristics of trees. Target ranges of foliar nutrients for truffle production and the challenge of optimizing tree nutrition in basic soils will be discussed. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n \n\n\n\n	\n\n		 Barbara Hawkins\n\n		Proffesor \n\n	\n\n	\n		\n			We are particularly interested in co-adaptation of conifers and their mycorrhizal partners\, and in variation among tree populations in stress tolerance. Our work ranges from lab experiments measuring nutrient uptake with microelectrodes\, to field work assessing nutrient stoichiometry of tree foliage\, fungi and soil.
URL:http://stage.trufflegrowers.com/event/trees-and-truffles-partners-in-grime-trapi/
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SUMMARY:Having the right tools is half the battle - TRAPI
DESCRIPTION:Register to Webinar\n\n\n\nTodays Genetic Tools to help measure success for increased Truffle Production. This is NATGA’s first webinar under the TRAPI umbrella. \n\n\n\nSpeakers \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n \n\n\n\n	\n\n		Dr. Gregory Bonito\n\n		Assistant Professor \n\n	\n\n	\n		\n			Assistant Professor of Mycology\, plant-fungal interactions\, truffle ecology\, & evolution of bacterial endosymbiosis in fungi. \nProf. Bonito studies ecology & evolution of plant-fungal-bacterial associations\, with a particular interest in below ground root associated fungi including truffles\, mushrooms & molds. These organisms provide important links between plants & soils & are functionally important to plant health & nutrition\, nutrient cycles\, & energy flows.… \n\n		 \n	\n\n	\n \n\n\n	\n \n\n\n\n	\n\n\n \n\n\n\n	\n\n		 Mark Coleman\n\n		Forestry Faculty \n\n	\n\n	\n		\n			TRAPI project director. Fourteen years as Research Scientists with US Forest Service in Wisconsin and South Carolina. Forestry Faculty at University of Idaho for the past thirteen years.   \n\n		 \n	\n\n	\n \n\n\n	\n \n\n\n\n	\n\n\n \n\n\n\n	\n\n		 Ben Lemmond\n\n		Ph.D. student \n\n	\n\n	\n		\n			Ph.D. student at the University of Florida working on several projects related to the ecology and systematics of ascomycete truffle fungi. \n\n		 \n	\n\n	\n \n\n\n	\n \n\n\n\n	\n\n\n \n\n\n\n	\n\n		 Inga Meadows\n\n		Extension Plant Pathologist \n\n	\n\n	\n		\n			Inga Meadows is an Extension Plant Pathologist for the North Carolina State University Vegetables (primarily tomato) & Herbaceous Ornamentals\, Department of Entomology & Plant Pathology. She addresses disease issues for commercial vegetables & greenhouse growers by providing recommendations for disease prevention or suppression. Her program conducts research aimed at improving tools for managing disease.
URL:http://stage.trufflegrowers.com/event/having-the-right-tools-is-half-the-battle-trapi/
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SUMMARY:A Study of Truffle Mycorrhiza Ecology with Dr. Rytas Vilgaly
DESCRIPTION:View Webinar Recording\nOn a cold morning in February 2022 the Microbial Ecology and Evolution class (Bio557L) from Duke University visited Burwell Farms in north central North Carolina. The class was led by Dr. Rytas Vilgalys\, Dr. Jake Nash and Dr. Corbin Bryan. Burwell Farms invited the class to conduct research on the effects of high pH and other orchard management practices on Tuber borchii and native fungi and bacteria. Burwell Farms has earned fame for having successfully cultivating T. borchii with loblolly pine and is currently the USA’s most productive truffle orchard (Smithsonian Magazine June 2021). The students learned best truffle cultivation practices and how two dogs\, Elora and Laddie\, work to find truffles. As part of the class project\, students collected fresh soil and root samples from within and outside the truffle orchard. Then students performed a series of forest microbiome analyses using both Sanger and nextgen sequencing (ITS gene for fungi\, 16S gene for bacteria). In this webinar\, Dr. Vilgalys will present their findings which compare the fungal and bacterial communities associated with managed and natural pine forest microbiomes. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n \n\n\n\n	\n\n		 Rytas Vilgaly\n\n		Dr \n\n	\n\n	\n		\n			Rytas Vilgaly’s lab group at Duke University uses molecular approaches to study natural history of fungi. He was one of the first to apply PCR-based methods for studying fungal systematics and was one of the lead investigators associated with the Fungal Tree of Life project which elucidated the evolutionary history of the Kingdom Fungi. Current research uses molecular approaches to study fungal diversity and function in forest environments.… \n\n		 \n	\n\n	\n \n\n\n	\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n 
URL:http://stage.trufflegrowers.com/event/a-study-of-truffle-mycorrhiza-ecology-with-dr-rytas-vilgaly/
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SUMMARY:[Webinar] Unearthing the Appalachian…or\, Can I Lick Your Bottom\, Canaliculatum. (An important mnemonic device) by Ben Kable
DESCRIPTION:Register to Webinar\nAs the twinkling of the last star fades\nThe morning mists arise\nThe secrets of the forest lie\nBeneath their earthly guise\n\nThe mossy duff exudes\nAn ancient aromatic lure\nOf reproductive readiness\nIrresistible and pure\n\nA bouquet of love\, and want and spice\nRivulets arise\nInvisible on morning air Belie\nA subterranean surprise\n\nThe damp silence\, split by echoes\nThe jingle of a dog\nThe gravel crunches underfoot\nIn the eastern mountain fog\n\nThe huffing puffing quadruped\nDetects the ancient scent\nHis head snaps to\, he drops his nose\nTo find the hunts intent\n\nHe circles against the gradient\nOf biochemical diffusion\nA miracle of mammalian\nOlfactory evolution\n\nA cool dawn breeze amongst the trees\nThe leaves\, the spruce duff rustle\nA frantic paw pulls back the moss –\nThe Appalachian truffle\nSpeaker\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n \n\n\n\n	\n\n		Dr Ben Kable\n\n		Veterinarian and truffle hunter/grower \n\n	\n\n	\n		\n			Dr. Ben Kable grew up in Westminster\, MD and attended Loyola High School in Towson. He attended Virginia Tech for his undergraduate education before moving to the Caribbean to attend the American University of Antigua. After two years\, Dr. Kable transferred to Virginia Tech to complete his final two years of veterinary school at VMRCVM.…
URL:http://stage.trufflegrowers.com/event/webinar-unearthing-the-appalachianor-can-i-lick-your-bottom-canaliculatum-an-important-mnemonic-device-by-ben-kable/
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CATEGORIES:Webinars
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SUMMARY:Basic experimental concepts for testing management options in truffle orchards
DESCRIPTION:View Recording\nTruffle 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 experimental methods. This webinar reviews those methods and encourages the sharing of results to help us all learn. The discussion will include how to use controlled experiments to test approaches or ideas\, i.e.\, your hypothesis\, and consider different types of variables\, experimental subjects\, replication\, controls\, and how to decide if observed responses are meaningful. We will also consider some essentials that make it easy to document the justification\, approach\, and results of your test. Beyond these basic requirements\, understanding basic experimental practices is essential to successfully host meaningful research conducted by truffle scientists.\nSpeakers\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n \n\n\n\n	\n\n		 Mark Coleman\n\n		Forestry Faculty \n\n	\n\n	\n		\n			TRAPI project director. Fourteen years as Research Scientists with US Forest Service in Wisconsin and South Carolina. Forestry Faculty at University of Idaho for the past thirteen years.   \n\n		 \n	\n\n	\n \n\n\n	\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n \n\n\n\n	\n\n		Dr. Shannon Berch\n\n		Retired research scientist \n\n	\n\n	\n		\n			Shannon Berch retired in 2019 from the British Columbia Ministry of Environment and a founding member of the Truffle Association of British Columbia.
URL:http://stage.trufflegrowers.com/event/basic-experimental-concepts-for-testing-management-options-in-truffle-orchards/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211213T130000
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SUMMARY:[Webinar]Rowan Jacobsen: What Do Truffles Mean?
DESCRIPTION:View Recording\nFor 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 truffles\, and are intimidated from trying to learn more. This is a missed opportunity\, because truffles are perfectly positioned to appeal to changing American tastes. They are powerful\, exotic\, mysterious\, and excellent representatives of the landscapes in which they grow. They also speak to Americans’ growing interest in the flavors of the natural world. Rowan Jacobsen has spent the past two years visiting truffle hunters and truffle farms in half a dozen countries\, and he presents his thoughts on what truffles mean to different cultures\, and how they might be freed from their staid luxury prison in the United States and repositioned as a dynamic 21st-century ingredient. \nSpeaker\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n \n\n\n\n	\n\n		 Rowan Jacobsen\n\n		Author \n\n	\n\n	\n		\n			Rowan Jacobsen is the award-winning author of Truffle Hound: On the Trail of the World’s Most Seductive Scent\, with Dreamers\, Schemers\, and Some Extraordinary Dogs
URL:http://stage.trufflegrowers.com/event/webinar-rowan-jacobsen-what-do-truffles-mean/
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SUMMARY:[Webinar]Dwayne Tate: Basic Principles of Liming and Soil Acidity
DESCRIPTION:View Recording\nSoil and soil analysis reports continue to be a frequent concern to growers. \nSpeaker\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n \n\n\n\n	\n\n		 Dwayne Tate\n\n		Regional Agronomist \n\n	\n\n	\n		\n			Dwayne has been an Agronomist with the North Carolina Department of Agriculture for last 10 years and prior that has worked with the North Carolina University Soil Science Department for 25 years.
URL:http://stage.trufflegrowers.com/event/webinarrichard-franks-soil-and-soil-analysis-reports/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210602T130000
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SUMMARY:[Webinar]Scott Oneto: North American Truffle Growers Survey
DESCRIPTION:View Recording\nWe’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 we will be introducing the database website that will be accessible to all survey participants. \nSpeaker\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n \n\n\n\n	\n\n		 Scott Onetto\n\n		Farm Advisor \n\n	\n\n	\n		\n			Scott Oneto has been a farm advisor with the University of California Cooperative Extension for the past 22 years.
URL:http://stage.trufflegrowers.com/event/webinarnorth-american-truffle-growers-survey/
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SUMMARY:[Webinar] Claude Murat: Watering\, mulching and shadowing in Tuber  melanosporum and Tuber aestivum orchards
DESCRIPTION:View Webinar Recording\nThe objective of my presentation is to illustrate several researches on truffle life cycle and truffle cultivation  developed in France. I will briefly present our knowledge on the sexual reproduction of the black truffle and then I will highlight the main results of the national research program CulturTruf. In this project we have experimented with watering truffle beds by monitoring the soil water potential (SWP) and have shown that this improves truffle production. I will show how we have developed an innovation (pF Tracer) allowing truffle growers to equip themselves with probes to follow the pF. Finally\, I will present our latest remarkable results on the culture of the white truffle Tuber magnatum. \nSpeaker:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n \n\n\n\n	\n\n		Dr. Claude Murat\n\n		Research Engineer \n\n	\n\n	\n		\n			Dr. Murat is currently research engineer at the French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA) in Nancy. Obtained a joint supervision PhD at the University of Nancy (France) and at the University of Turin (Italy) in 2004 defending a thesis on the truffle genetic diversity. He then spent four years at the University of Turin (2004-2008) with a post-doctoral fellowship working at a project focused on truffle phylogeny\, evolution and barcoding.…
URL:http://stage.trufflegrowers.com/event/webinarclaude-murat-watering-mulching-and-shadowing-in-tuber-melanosporum-and-tuber-aestivum-orchards/
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SUMMARY:[Webinar] Christine Fischer: Tuber brumale and other mycorrhizal fungi that may fruit in our truffle orchards
DESCRIPTION:View Recording\nBy 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 winter truffle that can be particularly problematic. In this webinar I would like to present some history and approaches to the questions regarding management of T. brumale and other fungi such as Scleroderma sp. and Pisolithus sp. and T. lyonii often co-existing in T. melanosporum habitat. \nSpeaker:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n \n\n\n\n	\n\n		Dr. Christine Fischer\n\n		Forest Ecologist \n\n	\n\n	\n		\n			Christine Fischer is a forest ecologist with a special focus on mycorrhizal fungi. During the past 25 years she has worked with a team of researchers on the ecology and cultivation of Black Truffles in Spain at the Forest Science Center of Catalonia (CTFC)\, where she led a program for the certification of truffle seedlings. She teaches workshops on microscopic and molecular techniques for the study of ectomycorrhizal fungi\, and has participated in national and international projects and meetings\, collaborating on more than 50 scientific and educational publications.
URL:http://stage.trufflegrowers.com/event/webinar-christine-fischer-tuber-brumale-and-other-mycorrhizal-fungi-that-may-fruit-in-our-truffle-orchards/
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SUMMARY:[Webinar] Olivia Martin-Taylor: Industry Integrity\, Truffle Grading\, Coop and Collective Development\, and How to Managing an Aging Orchard
DESCRIPTION:The 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. \nThe truffle producing countries of Europe have long since established a system for the smooth transition of truffles from farmer to market. That same type of system does not yet exist in North America. Small producers may struggle to move product to restaurants and markets even locally. The formation of cooperatives and collectives on a local level could assist smaller producers in moving product. \nIn the future\, truffle growers in North America will also face the challenge of what to do with an aging truffle orchard and may have questions about the best time to stop investing in older trees and start replacing them. To help move industry forward it will be important to glean information from truffle industries around the world\, then adapt that information to the new industry here in North America. In doing this\, truffles sourced from North American orchards can have the same excellent and prized reputation that truffles from France\, Italy\, Spain\, and Australia all share. \nView Recording (members only)\nSpeaker:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n \n\n\n\n	\n\n		 Olivia Martin Taylor\, MS\n\n		Past President & Secretary \n\n	\n\n	\n		\n			Olivia Taylor has over 12 years experience in research\, grower\, and nursery operator. She holds degrees in Biology & a Master’s degree in Environmental Science & Policy.  Her research examined the relationship bettween introduced Tuber melanosporum & common Mid-Atlantic ectomycorrhizal fungi. \nOlivia has participated in multiple overseas courses including truffle dog training in France\, quantitative & qualitative truffle analysis in Spain\, & a full truffle season in Manjimup\, Australia.…
URL:http://stage.trufflegrowers.com/event/webinar-olivia-martin-taylor-industry-integrity-truffle-grading-coop-and-collective-development-and-how-to-managing-an-aging-orchard/
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SUMMARY:[Webinar] Gregory Bonito: Truffle Farms of North America Databasing Project - Creating a resource for the North American Truffle Industry
DESCRIPTION:View Recording (Public Access)\nA team of researchers are conducting a survey of the North American Truffle Industry. \nNATGA 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). \nWe need this data to drive research priorities and funding; and eventually marketing strategies for the industry. In many ways\, it is also the beginning of an economic impact study. We need this information before we engage government or private entities for research and marketing funding and assistance. \nSpeaker:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n \n\n\n\n	\n\n		Dr. Gregory Bonito\n\n		Assistant Professor \n\n	\n\n	\n		\n			Assistant Professor of Mycology\, plant-fungal interactions\, truffle ecology\, & evolution of bacterial endosymbiosis in fungi. \nProf. Bonito studies ecology & evolution of plant-fungal-bacterial associations\, with a particular interest in below ground root associated fungi including truffles\, mushrooms & molds. These organisms provide important links between plants & soils & are functionally important to plant health & nutrition\, nutrient cycles\, & energy flows.…
URL:http://stage.trufflegrowers.com/event/gregory-bonito-truffle-farms-of-north-america-databasing-project-creating-a-resource-for-the-north-american-truffle-industry/
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SUMMARY:[Webinar] Inga Meadows: Testing your trees for colonization: The Why's & How's
DESCRIPTION:Recording of the event available to NATGA Members\nTruffle 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 for the mycorrhizal association of interest. This webinar will give you an understanding of why and how to have your trees tested\, how we do the various tests in the lab\, and which truffle fungi we can detect. \nView Recoding\nSpeaker:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n \n\n\n\n	\n\n		 Inga Meadows\n\n		Extension Plant Pathologist \n\n	\n\n	\n		\n			Inga Meadows is an Extension Plant Pathologist for the North Carolina State University Vegetables (primarily tomato) & Herbaceous Ornamentals\, Department of Entomology & Plant Pathology. She addresses disease issues for commercial vegetables & greenhouse growers by providing recommendations for disease prevention or suppression. Her program conducts research aimed at improving tools for managing disease.
URL:http://stage.trufflegrowers.com/event/inga-meadows-testing-your-trees-for-colonization-the-whys-hows/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200720T130000
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SUMMARY:[Webinar] Shannon Berch: Truffle sex & what that means for orchard management & productivity.
DESCRIPTION:Recording of the webinar available here to NATGA members\nIn 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 phenomena and exploring hypothetical scenarios. The paper by Le Tacon et al. (2016) provides an explanation of what is known and still unknown about how truffle fungi reproduce. Since the end result of this reproduction is the truffle\, it is important that truffle growers understand the basics. The paper by Garcia-Barreda et al. (2020) examines how soil and season affect truffle traits like weight and maturity\, how the installation of ‘nests’ or ‘Spanish wells’ alters these responses\, and how truffle traits and responses to nest installation differ in different soil types. Making sure there is genetic diversity in the truffle orchard through the application of spores (nests or Spanish wells) could be key to enhancing productivity but under what conditions? The paper by Iotti et al. (2016) explores how inoculation of seedlings in the nursery with mycelium rather than spores might permit the selection of truffle strains with superior characteristics. Only Tuber borchii at present lends itself to this kind of strain selection since it is much easier than most other Tuber species to grow in pure culture. At the end of my webinar\, I hope that participants will have a better understanding of how truffles are produced and\, using this understanding\, be better able to evaluate possible future alterations to how truffles are cultivated. \nReferences:\nLe Tacon et al. 2016. Certainties and uncertainties about the life cycle of the Périgord black truffle (Tuber melanosporum Vittad.). Annals of Forest Science 73: 105-117.  \nGarcia-Barreda et al. 2020. Edaphic and temporal patterns of Tuber melanosporum fruitbody traits and effect of localized peat-based amendment. Scientific Reports 10\, 4422.  \nIotti et al. 2016. First evidence for truffle production from plants inoculated with mycelial pure cultures. Mycorrhiza 26: 793-798. \nPamela Leonardi et al. 2019. Ascoma genotyping and mating type analyses of mycorrhizas and soil mycelia of Tuber borchii in a truffle orchard established by mycelial inoculated plants.  Environmental Microbiology\, Wiley-Blackwell\, 10.1111/1462-2920.14777.  hal-02352497 \nRecording of the webinar available here to NATGA members\nSpeaker:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n \n\n\n\n	\n\n		Dr. Shannon Berch\n\n		Retired research scientist \n\n	\n\n	\n		\n			Shannon Berch retired in 2019 from the British Columbia Ministry of Environment and a founding member of the Truffle Association of British Columbia.
URL:http://stage.trufflegrowers.com/event/shannon-berch-truffle-sex-what-that-means-for-orchard-management-productivity/
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SUMMARY:[Webinar] Alexis Guerin: The need for proper edible mycorrhizal fungi (EMF) cultivation trials: How plantation management impacts yields.
DESCRIPTION:Knowing how plantation management affects the yield of edible mycorrhizal fungi (EMF) is both a new and complex issue. We are virtually inexperienced compared to most other horticultural sectors. EMF production also relies on the symbiotic interaction with host trees. The variable success obtained with truffle cultivation worldwide speaks for itself: a true cultivation remains to be invented. The current lack of knowledge is also a great research opportunity: so much can be learned if only we invest in it. Since no research work has yet addressed this question on truffles\, I will present the monitoring of the yield of a mycorrhizal mushroom: saffron milk cap. \nRecording of this webinar is available to members\nSpeaker:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n \n\n\n\n	\n\n		Dr. Alexis Guerin Laguette\n\n		Scientist \n\n	\n\n	\n		\n			Dr Alexis Guerin-Laguette has been a mycorrhiza scientist at The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited since January 2004.  His global work with edible mycorrhizal fungi & fungi cultivation is widely recognized.  In New Zealand\, he shares his knowledge & expertise with all players in this industry.  He has published over 20 research papers on the topic.
URL:http://stage.trufflegrowers.com/event/alexis-guerin-the-need-for-proper-edible-mycorrhizal-fungi-emf-cultivation-trials-how-plantation-management-impacts-yields/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200316T130000
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SUMMARY:[Webinar] Christine Fischer: Understanding basics & fundamentals of starting a truffle plantation
DESCRIPTION:Introductory NATGA webinar will provide a foundation to the science and ecology of Tuber melanosporum. With this knowledge and understanding we are better prepared to evaluate and make decisions for the establishment and management of a Black Truffle orchard from the onset of the inclination to be a truffle farmer through the realization of that dream. A strong foundation helps to inform good practices. \nRecording of this webinar is available to members\nSpeaker:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n\n\n \n\n\n\n	\n\n		Dr. Christine Fischer\n\n		Forest Ecologist \n\n	\n\n	\n		\n			Christine Fischer is a forest ecologist with a special focus on mycorrhizal fungi. During the past 25 years she has worked with a team of researchers on the ecology and cultivation of Black Truffles in Spain at the Forest Science Center of Catalonia (CTFC)\, where she led a program for the certification of truffle seedlings. She teaches workshops on microscopic and molecular techniques for the study of ectomycorrhizal fungi\, and has participated in national and international projects and meetings\, collaborating on more than 50 scientific and educational publications.
URL:http://stage.trufflegrowers.com/event/christine-fischer-understanding-basics-fundamentals-of-starting-a-truffle-plantation/
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