| species recognition in the truffle genus tuber -- the synonyms tuber aestivum and tuber uncinatum. | the two morphologically similar truffles tuber aestivum and t. uncinatum have caused confusion because t. uncinatum is regarded by different authors, as either a distinct species, variety, subspecies, or synonym of t. aestivum. a clarification of the relationship between the two truffles would help both conservation biology and cultivation. we aimed both to test the reliability of the only quantitative morphological character used to distinguish the two taxa, i.e. the height of the spore reticul ... | 2005 | 16156727 |
| detection of summer truffle (tuber aestivum vittad.) in ectomycorrhizae and in soil using specific primers. | tuber aestivum is becoming an important commodity of great economical value in some european countries. at the same time, it is a highly protected organism in other countries, where it needs careful treatment. a reliable method of detection in roots and soil is thus needed for assessment of geographic distribution, ecological studies and inoculation efficiency testing in man-made experiments. a pcr-based method of detection of t. aestivum using specific primers was therefore developed. a pair of ... | 2011 | 21385201 |
| genetic structure of tuber mesentericum vitt. based on polymorphisms at the ribosomal dna its. | tuber mesentericum fruit bodies are in increasing demand on the food market and are an important economic resource for southern italy, their major production area. because molecular studies on this truffle species are very scarce, we analyzed its1 and its2 nucleotide variability of 126 ascocarps of t. mesentericum collected in different european areas, mainly southern italy. the results of haplotype distribution, analysis of molecular variance, and spatial analysis of molecular variance analyses ... | 2007 | 17318596 |