Trufforum VIC Activities Program
International Truffle Congress
Saturday February 26 | Coll Bardolet Room (El Sucre Building)
Program:
Technical coordination: Daniel Oliach , Forestry Science and Technology Center of Catalonia (CRTF) and Fernando Martínez-Peña , Agrifood Research and Technology Center of Aragon (CITA).
10:00-10:40 a.m.
Claude Murat , UMR Interactions Arbres Microorganismes, INRAE Grand Est (France).
11:00-11:40 a.m.
Risks and rewards of the global truffle sector under projected climate change.
Ulf Buntgen , University of Cambridge (England).
12:00-12:40 p.m.
Cultivation of the desert truffle Terfezia claveryi in Spain
Asuncion Morte , University of Murcia.
1:00 p.m.-1:40 p.m.
The use of nests in truffle farming and its effects on truffle quality
Sergi García-Barreda , Center for Research and Agrifood Technology of Aragon (CITA)
4:00 p.m.-4:40 p.m.
Studies on the dynamics of the truffle mycelium. Tubersystems Project
Xavier Parladé , Institute for Agrifood Research and Technology (IRTA).
5:00 p.m.-5:40 p.m.
Competition of Tuber aestivum in the cultivation of Tuber melanosporum in a context of climate change. Irrigation and mulch application.
Yasmin Piñuela , Natural Agrotechnologies (Atens).
6:00 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
Biological control strategies of the truffle beetle, Leiodes cinnamomeus , with entomopathogenic nematodes.
Fernando García del Pino , Autonomous University of Barcelona
7:00 p.m.-7:40 p.m.
Current state of the truffle sector. Challenges and actions to develop.
Daniel Oliach , Forest Science and Technology Center of Catalonia (CTFC).