Desert truffles of the North Algerian Sahara: Diversity and bioecology

Emirates Journal of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 425-435

  Bradai, Lyès ^a   Bissati, Samia ^a   Chenchouni, Haroun ^b  

^a KASDI MERBAH UNIVERSITY   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEBESSA   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Algerian sahara; Biodiversity; Bioecology; Desert truffles; Mycorrhizae; Terfeziaceae

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897796078     PISSN: 2079052X     EISSN: 20790538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.9755/ejfa.v26i5.16520     Document Type: Article

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