Forest Bioengineering Solutions (FBS) is the spin-off company of the Forest Science and Technology Centre of Catalonia (CTFC). It aims at enhancing knowledge, offer laboratory services and expertise advise in technology transfer for the agroforestry and environmental sector. Within its lines of activity, FBS, through the team of CTFC experts with more than 20 years of experience in the field of truffles, offers an integral service in transfer and support for the truffle producer and manager of the forests. FBS accompanies the client throughout the production process, advising him on the truffle production potential of his land, obtaining a quality mycorrhiza plant, the implantation of the crop and its subsequent monitoring and management over the life of the plantation.
Evaluation of individual plant or batches of plants for the determination of their micorrhizal state. The analyses are carried out in accordance with the protocol of Fischer, C. y Colinas, C. 2016 (1), complemented by a molecular analysis of mycorrhizae. A report based on the evaluated plants will include:
- Forest quality of plants.
- Estimation of the number and percentage of mycoses of melanosporum in the plant.
- Estimation of the number and percentage of trophic roots without micorising on the plant.
- Estimation of the number and percentage of mycorrhizes of other fungi other than melanosporum in the plant.
- Estimation of the total number of trophic roots of the plant.
- Estimation of the total number of melanosporum mycorrhizens in the plant.
- Detection of myalysis of brumale, T. indicum, T. estivum.
The objective is to verify the fresh truffle or frozen species through molecular techniques for its monitoring in the following sectors:
- Truffle plants inoculation (nursery plants).
- In-field inoculation (spores).
- Agro-food industry.
- Truffle identification from the field and not identified previously.