Table 2 Number of T. melanosporum fruitbodies included for genotyping and genetic analyses testing the contribution of the inoculum to the harvested fruitbodies (see the four hypotheses in Fig. 1c).

From: Efficiency of the traditional practice of traps to stimulate black truffle production, and its ecological mechanisms

 

Site 1

Site 2

Site 3

MLG analyses

Nb of analysed maternal individuals

27

16

15

Nb of MLGs

22

8

6

Nb of analysed paternal individuals

19

18

12

Nb of MLGs

19

18

12

Contribution of the gleba

Paternal (H1)—comparison of MLGs

no

no

no

Maternal (H2)—comparison of MLGs

no

no

no

Contribution of the spores

Paternal (H3)—Relatedness r (p-value)

0.062 (0.132, ns)

− 0.041 (0.721, ns)

0.417 (0, ***)

Maternal (H4)—Relatedness r (p-value)

0.033 (0.239, ns)

0.052 (0.195, ns)

− 0.047 (0.698, ns)

  1. ***p-values < 5e- 4 after Bonferroni correction.