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Daniel Oliach
Head of group
PROGRAM / Bioeconomy, health and governance
LINE / Mycology and tubericulture
PhD in Forest Mycology. He develops his scientific career within the Mycology Group at the CTFC and at the Forest Pathology Laboratory of the University of Lleida, directed by Dr. Carlos Colinas.
He has carried out several international visits and research stays: in France at INRA-AGRO Montpellier in 2014, focusing on truffle plantation management; in Sweden at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in 2016, studying fungal diversity in truffle plantations; and in Australia in 2013 and 2017, working on knowledge transfer models for the truffle sector with The Australian Truffle Industry Association. He has 25 years of experience as an agricultural extension agent in truffle cultivation and led the Action Plan for the development of the truffle sector in Catalonia of the Government of Catalonia. He served as Director of the international event Trufforum Vic in 2020, 2022, 2023, and 2024, for the promotion of truffle cultivation, consumption, and tourism. He is also Secretary of the Truffle Producers Association of Catalonia (since 2000) and of the Spanish Federation of Truffle Growers Associations (FETT) (since 2006).
He has carried out several international visits and research stays: in France at INRA-AGRO Montpellier in 2014, focusing on truffle plantation management; in Sweden at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in 2016, studying fungal diversity in truffle plantations; and in Australia in 2013 and 2017, working on knowledge transfer models for the truffle sector with The Australian Truffle Industry Association. He has 25 years of experience as an agricultural extension agent in truffle cultivation and led the Action Plan for the development of the truffle sector in Catalonia of the Government of Catalonia. He served as Director of the international event Trufforum Vic in 2020, 2022, 2023, and 2024, for the promotion of truffle cultivation, consumption, and tourism. He is also Secretary of the Truffle Producers Association of Catalonia (since 2000) and of the Spanish Federation of Truffle Growers Associations (FETT) (since 2006).
Keywords
BiodiversityBioeconomyValue chainsFungiGovernanceNon-timber forest products (Mushrooms, truffles, PAM, cork, pine nuts, etc.)Latest Publications
- Piñuela, Y., Alday, J.G., Oliach, D., Castaño, C., Büntgen, U., Egli, S., Martínez Peña, F., Dashevskaya, S., Colinas, C., Peter, M., Bonet, J.A. (2024). Habitat is more important than climate for structuring soil fungal communities associated in truffle sites. Fungal Biology
- Brenko, A., Vidale, E., Oliach, D., Marois, O., Andrighetto, N., Stara, K., Martínez de Aragón, J., Bonet, J.A. (2022). Edible wild mushrooms of the Northern Mediterraneanarea - Sectorial analysis and future perspectives. Forest Systems
- Oliach D, Vidale E, Brenko A, Marois O, Andrighetto N, Stara K, de Aragon JM, Colinas C, Bonet JA (2021). Truffle Market Evolution: An Application of the Delphi Method. Forests
- Pinuela Y, Alday JG, Oliach D, Castano C, Bolano F, Colinas C, Bonet JA (2021). White mulch and irrigation increase black truffle soil mycelium when competing with summer truffle in young truffle orchards. Mycorrhiza
- Sen I, Pinuela Y, Alday JG, Oliach D, Bolano F, de Aragon JM, Colinas C, Bonet JA (2021). Mulch removal time did not have significant effects on Tuber melanosporum mycelium biomass. Forest Systems