About Mycorrhiza Biotech

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While Mycorrhiza Biotech specializes in truffle detection, analysis, and propagation we have a division dedicated to researching all farming, forestry, and nutrition applications that benefit from mycorrhizal fungi.  For example, we are currently developing products to extend the profitability of timber and nut farming operations. Our scientists have identified many potential fungi-crop relationships that will augment traditional crop production.

Additionally we conduct DNA fingerprinting and analysis of unknown organisms present in material of interest provided by our customers using state of the art biotechnology techniques. 

Our executives are PMP certified and adhere to the highest industry standards for project management enabling us to deliver products and services that meet client requirements on-time and on-budget.  We rely on the integrity, resourcefulness, resilience, and brilliance of our staff to exhaust all avenues of discovery to develop innovative agricultural solutions.  Innovation is the key to delivering practical agricultural products, tools, and services that help America’s farms and forests thrive and Mycorrhiza Biotech is at the forefront of innovative biotechnology for agriculture.

Mycorrhiza Biotech, LLC has established partnerships with recognized leaders in fungi technology and research. We continue to be leaders in facilitating the development of truffle detection and certification services supporting a growing truffle farm management knowledgebase.

Our executives and staff are committed to:

• Research and development of new mycorrhizal detection technologies
• Improvement of truffle farm management systems
• Propagation of successful mycorrhizal enterprises

Our company seeks to develop technologies that make mycorrhizal farming enterprises easier to manage, less speculative, and more profitable.

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Executive Team Bios:

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Nancy Rosborough
Director

As an established truffle farmer in Gibsonville, NC, Nancy Rosborough has first-hand knowledge of the value of the services provided by Mycorrhiza Biotech, LLC.

She continues to spend considerable time and effort investigating truffle farming techniques and truffle biology as it relates to truffle production and discovered that industry standards, best practices, and expertise are underdeveloped or non-existent.

Having collected an abundance of knowledge, she determined to put her newly acquired skills to work and join the MBT team.

As a primary member of MBT, Ms. Rosborough assumes an ideal position to provide consultative services to her peers in farming and compliments the biotech expertise of her partners with the practical application of MBT's research and services.
Her farm is essentially the real world test lab for MBT where our technologies are proven and services refined for market

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Omon. S. Isikhuemhen, PhD/CSc.
Consultant

Dr. Omoanghe. S. Isikhuemhen, popularly called Dr. Omon, is an assistant professor of Mushroom Biology and Fungal Biotechnology at North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro. He is also an adjunct Assistant Professor at the Department of Biology, Duke University in Durham, North Carolina.

His research on truffles dates back to 1998, when he, while doing research at Duke University as a visiting scientist from Europe, worked on the use of molecular biology technique to verify the presence of desired truffles in seedlings produced by Franklin Garland of Garland Truffles Inc in Hillsborough, North Carolina.

Moreover, Dr. Omon has collaborated on truffle research with Dr. Rytas Vilgalys, a professor of mycology at Duke University. Part of the project was funded by the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Dr. Omon worked on perfecting the use of molecular biology based assay to detect truffles in seedlings and established orchards. He and his coworkers, who continue to research on truffle forming fungi, have published numerous articles and presentations on truffle diversity and the problems associated with the cultivation of the truffle-forming fungus, Tuber melanosporum in North America.

Dr. Omon, a consultant to Mycorrhiza Biotech brings many years of experience in truffle research that will help us provide unparalleled service to our customers and guarantee their satisfaction.

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