TY - CONF A1 - Epping, Ruben A1 - Koch, Matthias A1 - Bliesener, Lilly A1 - Weiss, T. T1 - Aroma Sensing of Truffles N2 - The aim of this project is to develop a mobile technical device to search for truffles. This way, truffles can be harvested faster, cheaper and more efficiently compared to the current method using dogs. For this purpose, suitable marker substances in the aroma of ripe truffles were identified using analytical-chemical methods. The collected data was used to create aroma profiles of different truffle species. The specificity of possible marker substances was confirmed with a truffle dog study. The hypothesis “If trained truffle dogs recognize the substances as supposed truffles in the context of an experiment, they can be regarded as specific” was made. The results show that the truffle aroma is mainly characterized and perceived by dogs by dimethyl sulfide and dimethyl disulfide. For the concentration measurement of these markers in the ambient air, we are currently building our own detector. The Challenge is to get a fast measurement with a very low limit of detection at the same time. The device will resemble a metal detector in terms of shape and handling and be particularly suitable for mobile use. The R&D cooperation project between the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) and sglux GmbH thus enables truffles to be harvested professionally and systematically. This brings the technical advances that have revolutionized agriculture over the last hundred years to truffle cultivation for the first time. T2 - Adlershofer Forschungsforum CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 11.11.2022 KW - Truffle KW - Volatile organic compounds KW - Gas chromatography KW - Canine olfactometry PY - 2022 AN - OPUS4-56301 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -