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The Continuous Story of Truffle-Plant Interaction

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Truffles are symbiotic, ectomycorrhizal fungi that grow in the specific climates over a wide range of host plants. Truffles belong to genus Tuber and some species are famous for their high market value. In this chapter, the interaction between the genus Tuber and their host plants was deliberated.

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  1. Chemistry of Natural and Microbial Products Department, Pharmaceutical Industries Researches Division, National Research Center, Giza, Egypt

    Ghoson Mosbah Daba & Waill Ahmed Elkhateeb

  2. The Engineering Research Center of Southwest Bio–Pharmaceutical Resources, Ministry of Education, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou Province, China

    Ting-Chi Wen

  3. Mycorrhizal Systems Ltd, Lancashire, UK

    Paul William Thomas

  4. University of Stirling, Stirling, UK

    Paul William Thomas

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Daba, G.M., Elkhateeb, W.A., Wen, TC., Thomas, P.W. (2019). The Continuous Story of Truffle-Plant Interaction. In: Kumar, V., Prasad, R., Kumar, M., Choudhary, D. (eds) Microbiome in Plant Health and Disease. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8495-0_16

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