From the maintenance of the truffle area to the consumption of the truffle

With a focus on the black truffle(Tuber melanosporum) and the white truffle(Tuber magnatum)

 

  • Participatory theory courses
  • Practical work in the laboratory or in the field
  • Sharing experience with experienced truffle growers and representatives of the truffle industry

 

Training eligible for VIVEA funding for non-salaried agricultural workers

 

Check out the detailed program below ⤵️

Hourly Schedule

Day 1 - Wednesday, May the 3rd, 2023

9h00 - 12h00
Theoretical course in the classroom
- Maintenance of truffle plantations in production age: grass control, soil work, watering, spore supply, temperature management - Presentation of a technical itinerary of a productive white truffle Tuber magnatum
Speakers:
Aurore Clément, Claude Murat, Flora Todesco
14h00 - 15h00
Theoretical course in the classroom
- What to do when a plantation does not produce?
Speakers:
Aurore Clément, Claude Murat, Flora Todesco
15h00 - 17h00
Professionals of the sector speak out
- Exchange with an experienced truffle grower and presentation of an agritourism project
Speakers:
Michel Tournayre

Day 2 - Thursday, May the 4th, 2023

9h00 - 17h00
Field visits - Bus travel for the day
- Productive and not yet productive truffle fields - Presentation of management methods Interaction with truffle growers
Speakers:
Aurore Clément, Claude Murat, Flora Todesco
Practical work
- Root sampling in truffle fields
Speakers:
Aurore Clément, Claude Murat, Flora Todesco

Day 3 - Friday, May 5, 2023

9h00 - 10h45
Practical work
Morphological and DNA identification of mycorrhizae on roots collected the day before
Speakers:
Claude Murat, Flora Todesco
11h00 - 12h00
Professionals of the sector speak out
- Marketing, markets, truffle processing
Speakers:
Nicolas Rouhier
14h00 - 15h00
Professionals of the sector speak out
- Truffle cooking and presentation of an agritourism project
Speakers:
Virginie Simian
15h00 - 16h30
Indoor assessment
- Conclusion of the training - General discussion - Evaluation of knowledge
Speakers:
Aurore Clément, Claude Murat, Flora Todesco
Aurore Clément
WETRUF trainer
Claude Murat
INRAE Research Engineer and co-founder of WETRUF
Flora Todesco
President and trainer WETRUF
Michel Tournayre
President of the European Truffle and Trufficulture Group
Les Truffières d'Uzès; President of the European Truffle Group and Trufficulture and ex-president of the French Federation of Truffle Growers
Nicolas Rouhier
General Manager PLANTIN
Virginie Simian
Truffle grower
Les Eybrachas Farm

Date

03 - 05 May 2023
Terminé

Time

9h00 - 17h00

Cost

525,00€

Location

Center INRAE Grand-Est Nancy
Route d'Amance, 54280, Champenoux
Website
https://www.inrae.fr

Organizer

WETRUF Training
Phone
07 66 60 55 31
Email
formation@wetruf.fr
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