Molecular Tools for the Identification of Tuber melanosporum in Agroindustry

• Published in: Journal of agricultural and food chemistry Vol. 48; no. 6; pp. 2608 - 2613
• Main Authors: Séjalon-Delmas, Nathalie, Roux, Christophe, Martins, Monique, Kulifaj, Michel, Bécard, Guillaume, Dargent, Robert
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC American Chemical Society 01.06.2000
• Subjects: Ascomycota - classification; Ascomycota - genetics; Ascomycota - isolation & purification; Biological and medical sciences; Biotechnology - methods; DNA, Fungal - genetics; DNA, Fungal - isolation & purification; Food industries; Food Technology - methods; Fruit and vegetable industries; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General aspects; Methods of analysis, processing and quality control, regulation, standards; Polymerase Chain Reaction - methods; Nucleotide sequence; Fungi; Amplification; Polymerase chain reaction; Analysis method; DNA; Quality control; Morphological analysis; Mycorrhiza; Ascomycetes; Extraction; Specific identification; Molecular biology; Detection; Tuber melanosporum; Edible fungi; Thallophyta

Tuber melanosporum Vitt., Tuber magnatum Pico, and Tuber uncinatum Chat. can be differentiated by their morphological characters. Fraud problems have arisen recently with the importation to Europe of truffles from China. T. melanosporum is morphologically very close, but distinct from the Chinese sp...