Is the Perigord black truffle threatened by an invasive species? We dreaded it and it has happened!

New Phytologist

Volumn 178, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 699-702

  Murat, Claude ^a   Zampieri, Elisa ^a   Vizzini, Alfredo ^a   Bonfante, Paola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Invasive alien species; Piedmont (Italy); Truffles; Tuber indicum (Chinese black truffle); Tuber melanosporum (Perigord black truffle)

Indexed keywords

ASCOMYCETES; CHINA; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; ITALY; LETTER; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ASCOMYCOTA; CHINA; ITALY; PHYLOGENY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

TUBER (TRUFFLE); TUBER HIMALAYENSE; TUBER INDICUM; TUBER MELANOSPORUM;

EID: 43449087914     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2008.02449.x     Document Type: Letter

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