Nutrient retranslocation in the foliage of Pinus sylvestris L. growing along a heavy metal pollution gradient

Retranslocation of N, P, K, Ca, Mg, Mn, Fe, Zn, Cu and Ni within the foliage of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) was studied during autumnal needle senescence along a heavy-metal pollution gradient in western Finland. The stands were located at distances of 0.5 (Har 0.5), 4 (Har 4) and 8 km (Har 8) to the southeast of a copper-nickel smelter at Harjavalta. A background study stand was located at H?meenkangas (H?m), 60 km northeast of the smelter. During needle senescence, the mobile nutrients N, P and K decreased by 67-88% and needle dry mass decreased by 31-43%. Retranslocation of P and K was less efficient in the stand nearest the smelter (Har 0.5) than in the other stands. During needle senescence at stand Har 0.5, heavy metal content either decreased slightly (Zn, Ni) or increased (Fe, Cu), whereas in the background study stand, retranslocation efficiency of Cu was 75%. Net throughfall (the amount of a nutrient in throughfall minus the amount in open precipitation) was higher in stand Har 0.5 than in stand Har 8 for all of the elements measured, except N and P which were intercepted by the canopy. In stand Har 8, deposition of S, Cu and Ni was intercepted by the canopy, and net throughfall of Fe and Zn was very low. In contrast, S and heavy metal contents of net throughfall in stand Har 0.5 were greater than the decrease in these elements in the needles indicating that accumulation on needle surfaces and subsequent wash-off accounted for a major part of the fluxes. Furthermore, the Cu content in net throughfall during the senescence period was higher than the original Cu content of the needles in July, providing additional evidence that much of the needle Cu content was comprised of dry deposits of Cu on the needle surface.     

Nitrogen forms in bark, wood and foliage of nitrogen-fertilized Pinus sylvestris

Cycling of soluble non-protein N compounds is thought to be indicative of the N-nutritional status of trees. We determined the major N forms in bark, wood and foliage and estimated the dependence of prevalent N forms on N availability in Pinus sylvestris L. trees from northern Sweden. Trees subjected to severe N limitation and trees that had been fertilized with an average 64 kg N ha(-1) year(-1) for 25 years were analyzed. Bark and wood samples were collected by tangentially cryo-sectioning the trunk into 30-microm thick sections, from the bark to the functional xylem. Soluble amino compounds were extracted from the sections for analysis. Sap samples from twigs were obtained by centrifugation, and bark samples from twigs were obtained by tissue extraction. In both needles and bark, arginine dominated the amino-N pool. Because arginine concentrations in needles increased with N fertilization, arginine dominance of the amino-N pool in needles was higher in N-fertilized trees than in control trees. In bark, N fertilization resulted in a large increase in glutamine concentration, so that glutamine accounted for a larger proportion of the amino-N pool in bark in N-fertilized trees than in control trees. Glutamine dominated the amino-N pool in wood of control trees. Nitrogen fertilization resulted in an increased proportion of arginine in the wood amino-N pool. We conclude that the composition of the amino-N pools in bark, wood and foliage is highly sensitive to N supply. The composition of the amino-N pools can contribute to the regulation of tree N-nutritional status, which is mediated by shoot to root signalling by long-distance transport of amino compounds.     

Gene dispersion within a population of Pinus sylvestris

Gene dispersion within a population was studied in a 2‐hectare stand of 74 seed trees and 1100 seedlings. Isozyme markers were used to determine the genetic relationships among parental trees, embryos and seedling progenies. Paternity exclusion analyses were used to study multilocus progeny genotypes from certain parents. Results demonstrate large variation between trees in their capacity to contribute their genes through natural regeneration. The proportion of all genes dispersed into a specific distance interval from the source was estimated. The estimation procedure took into account the background of seedlings where parenthood was not excluded, but where the seedlings turned out to be unrelated. We found little evidence for clusters of progeny seedlings surrounding their parental tree. Within 15 m from a tree, approximately 5 % of the genes originated from that tree and 95 % originated from other trees. We found no evidence for an increase in levels of inbreeding, or genetic substructuring in the seedling progeny stand relative to the parental seed trees. A mathematical model for pollen distribution was developed. According to this model, 90% of pollen was distributed more than 15 m from the source. It is concluded that the marker seed trees had a surprisingly low detectable genetic contribution to the regeneration. It seems likely that a considerable part of the new seedlings have parents among felled trees or from surrounding stands.     

The influence of damage level in Pinus sylvestris foliage on the performance of diprionid sawflies

I tested the presence of rapid and delayed induced resistance in Pinus sylvestris L. by biotests, rearing three species of diprionid sawflies on defoliated and undefoliated trees. I damaged the pines artificially by cutting mature needles with scissors at the beginning of the growing season. Four levels of defoliation were created on the basis of levels of removed needle biomass. Sawfly larval and cocoon weights were retarded and relative growth rates delayed as a result of an increase in damage level. The larval periods were prolonged at most 2–6 days. The response to the damage was partly species‐specific. The needle water content decreased in the following growing season in connection with low and moderate damage and increased at high damage levels. The nutrient contents of the foliage in the damaged and undamaged trees did not differ significantly. The Scots pine showed damage‐induced changes in food quality after extensive defoliation, which affected, via plant, species using the same host.     

One-hundred-year foliage comparison of Pinus ponderosa and Pinus sylvestris under dry growing conditions in Brandenburg,Germany

Abstract

The dynamics of six different needle parameters of Pinus sylvestris L. and Pinus ponderosa Dougl. ex P. & C. Laws. were examined retrospectively for a 112-year-old mixed stand in Brandenburg, Germany, using the needle trace method. Similarities were found in needle production, needle loss and needle density. However, needle age, needle retention and total number of needles revealed significant differences between the tree species, with higher values for P. ponderosa. Pinus ponderosa yielded approximately twice as much mean whole-crown needle dry mass as P. sylvestris. Furthermore, different branching systems could be detected between the species, with both pines following “Corner's rule”. The results suggest that under identical growing conditions, P. ponderosa exhibits more efficient water use and can therefore maintain a bigger crown (as the basis for increased growth) than P. sylvestris.     

Effect of ambient SO2 levels on S fractions in Pinus sylvestris foliage growing in the subarctic

The total S and SO₄‐S concentrations of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) needles growing at a distance of 10–80 km from the metallurgical complex in Monchegorsk in subarctic Russia were measured, and organic S was calculated as the difference between them, in order to study the impact of SO₂ (3–28 μg m^?3 a^?1) on foliar S fractions. Total S concentrations of currentand previous‐year needles collected in April 1991 and July 1992 amounted to 658–2548 ppm, SO₄‐S concentrations to 99–1297 ppm and organic S concentrations to 447–1599 ppm. The SO₄‐S concentrations and the S/N ratios (0.032–0.113 on a gram atom basis) show that S in excess of the growth requirements of trees was entering the needles at all the five sites studied. Foliar K and Ca, but not Mg, increased with increasing SQ₄‐S. It is hypothesized that exposure to SO₂ concentrations of ≥2 μg m^?3 as a growing season mean together with pollution episodes of ～ 100 μg m^?3 h^?1 result in an oxidative stress high enough to damage Scots pine needles, which derive SO₂ effectively from the atmosphere, and that cellular acidification is a secondary effect.     

樟子松热处理材耐久性能的评价

对樟子松热处理材进行室内防霉、防蚁蛀及野外埋地检测,综合评价其耐久性能。结果表明:樟子松热处理材对霉菌、变色菌均无防治效力,不抗白蚁蛀蚀;樟子松热处理材的耐久年限约为3年。     

Estimating foliage biomass in Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) and Norway spruce (Picea abies) plots

Dynamic decomposition models are needed to estimate changes in the carbon stock of boreal soil because these changes are difficult to measure directly. An important aboveground carbon flux to the soil is foliage litterfall. To estimate this flux, both the amount and the turnover rate of the foliage biomass component must be known. Several methods for estimating foliage biomass of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) and Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.), including biomass equations and biomass expansion factors (BEFs), were compared with predicted foliage biomass based on forest inventory plot-level measurements. Measured foliage biomass was up-scaled from the branch-level to the plot-level by combining forest inventory variables (diameter, height, height at the crown base and crown base diameter) based on the assumptions of pipe model theory. Combining the foliage biomass: cross-sectional area ratio with the forest inventory variables provided accurate estimates of foliage biomass at the plot-level for plots in southern Finland. The results emphasize the need to test biomass equations with independent data, especially when the equations applied are based on neighboring regions.     

Somatic embryogenesis of Pinus sylvestris

Embryogenic cultures (EC) of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) were initiated from immature embryos. Whole ovules were used as expiants. The responsive period for initiation began just after fertilization and remained throughout the development of first stages of early embryos. The main part of the embryogenic cultures were initiated by the time of cleavage polyembryony. Strong correlation was obtained between degree days and the responsive period. During subsequent years the experiments were repeated in Finland and Sweden. In all cases the responsive period for initiating embryogenic cultures was the same, about two weeks after fertilization.

In 1991–1993, a total of 138 clones of elite pine trees were tested for their ability to initiate embryogenic cultures. Of these, 33% were responsive under our experimental conditions. Based on about 300 ovules per clone the number of embryogenic lines induced by the responding clones varied from 0.2% to 9.0% of the expiants.

Several nutrient media were found to be suitable for initiation and proliferation of ECs. About half of the cell lines responded to abscisic acid by producing maturing embryos. The embryos reached full maturity in cultures of only a few cell lines. Some of the embryos that produced roots were planted in soil and transferred to a greenhouse.     

欧洲赤松的引种栽培

通过欧洲赤松30年的引种试验,结果表明：欧洲赤松在小陇山林区表现出较强的适应性和生长优势.在生长、抗落叶病性状上优于乡土树种油松.麦积植物园30年生欧洲赤松平均树高、胸径分别达13.60m和22.8 cm,生长量与乡土树种油松相当.已完成从种子到种子的引种过程,欧洲赤松在甘肃小陇山引种获得成功.     

樟子松木材组织染色研究

【目的】拓展木材显微切片的染色方法。【方法】比较研究了番红(Safranine O)、固绿(Fast Green FCF)和阿利新蓝(Alcian Blue 8GX)三种染料对樟子松木材切片的染色效果。【结果】单一染料染色时,番红对木质化程度高的厚壁细胞上色效果较好,阿利新蓝对木质化程度低的薄壁细胞上染较好,固绿介于两者之间。两种染料复染时,番红-固绿无法实现不同细胞的区分,仅呈现番红的颜色;而番红-阿利新蓝可以区分厚壁和薄壁细胞,厚壁细胞(管胞和射线管胞)呈红色,薄壁细胞(射线薄壁细胞和泌脂细胞)呈蓝绿色。进一步通过冰乙酸为复染提供一个酸性环境,改进了番红阿利新蓝双染方法。当冰乙酸含量为13%~17%时,能达到理想的染色效果,能够更加清晰地区分厚壁和薄壁细胞。分别将番红、固绿和新蓝用于已解离的管胞染色,新蓝对管胞的染色效果最好,番红染色效果比新蓝略差,固绿染色效果远低于新蓝和番红。【结论】番红对木质化程度高的厚壁管胞染色效果最好;新蓝对木质化程度低的薄壁细胞染色效果最好。改进后的番红-新蓝双染能清楚地区分木材中的厚壁和薄壁细胞。木材细胞对不同种类染料的响应各异,同时也受染色介质影响。研究结果为木材切片细胞识别提供简单高效的新方法。     

人工樟子松幼林改建红松坚果园工艺技术

针对退耕还林后樟子松幼林改建红松坚果园的主要技术问题,进行了详细论述,指出运用好选地、调查设计、林份扶壮、嫁接与管理等工艺技术措施可保证该项技术的成功.     

Nutrient uptake by intact mycorrhizal Pinus sylvestris seedlings: a diagnostic tool to detect copper toxicity

We developed a nondestructive method for detecting early toxic effects of inflethal copper (Cu) concentrations on ectomycorrhizal and non-mycorrhizal (NM) Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) seedlings. The fungal symbionts examined were Paxillus involutus (Fr.) Fr., Suillus luteus (Fr.) S.F. Gray and Thelephora terrestris (Ehrh.) Fr. The accumulation of Cu in needles and fungal development (ergosterol) in roots and infstrate were assessed. Inorganic phosphate (P(i)) and ammonium (NH(4) (+)) uptake capacities were determined in a semi-hydroponic cultivation system on intact P-limited plants that were exposed for 3 weeks to 0.32 (control), 8 or 16 &mgr;moles Cu(2+). Short-term effects of a 1-hour exposure to 32 &mgr;moles Cu(2+) on nutrient uptake rates were also determined. None of the Cu(2+) treatments affected plant growth or root ergosterol concentrations. The active fungal biomass in infstrate invaded by S. luteus was reduced by 50% in the 16 &mgr;M Cu(2+) treatment compared with the control treatment; however, colonization by S. luteus prevented an increased accumulation of Cu in the needles. In contrast, the 16 &mgr;M Cu(2+) treatment caused a 2.2-fold increase in needle Cu concentration in NM plants. Ergosterol concentrations in the infstrate colonized by P. involutus and T. terrestris were not affected by 16 &mgr;molar Cu(2+). Although P. involutus and T. terrestris were less sensitive to Cu(2+) than S. luteus, T. terrestris did not prevent the accumulation of Cu in needles of its host plant in the 16 &mgr;molar Cu(2+) treatment. Mycorrhizal plants consistently had higher P(i) and NH(4) (+) uptake capacities than NM plants. In the control treatment, specific P(i) uptake rates were almost 10, 4 and 3 times higher in plants associated with P. involutus, S. luteus and T. terrestris, respectively, than in NM plants, and specific NH(4) (+) uptake rates were about 2, 2 and 5 times higher, respectively, than those of NM seedlings. Compared with the corresponding control plants, a 3-week exposure to 8 &mgr;M Cu(2+) had no effect on the nutrient uptake potential of plants. In contrast, the 16 &mgr;M Cu(2+) treatment significantly reduced P(i) uptake capacity of all plants and decreased NH(4) (+) uptake capacity of seedlings colonized by S. luteus or T. terrestris. The 32 &mgr;M Cu(2+) 1-h shock treatment reduced specific NH(4) (+) and P(i) uptake rates of roots colonized by S. luteus to 39 and 77%, respectively, of the original rates. The Cu(2+) 1-h shock treatment reduced the NH(4) (+) uptake rate of NM plants by 51%.     

Nutrient retranslocation in Larix principis-rupprechtii Mayr relative to fertilization and irrigation

New Forests - Nutrient retranslocation from senescing foliage to perennial organs is critical for nutrient conservation and a mechanism of plant adaptation to low-fertility soils. And it has been...     

Nutrient retranslocation from the fine roots of Fraxinus mandshurica and Larix olgensis in northeastern China

Nutrient retranslocation in trees is important in nutrient budgets and energy flows in forest ecosystems. We investigated nutrient retranslocation in the fine roots of a Manchurian Ash(Fraxinus mandshurica) and a Larch(Larix olgensis) plantation in northeastern China. Nutrient retranslocation in the fine roots was investigated using three methods, specifically, nutrient concentration, the ratio of Ca to other elements(Ca/other elements ratio) and nutrient content. The method based on nutrient content proved most suitable when investigating nutrient retranslocation from fine roots of the two species. The nutrient-content-based method showed that there were retranslocations of N, P, K and Mg from the fine roots of Manchurian Ash, with retranslocation efficiencies of 13,25, 65, and 38 %, respectively, whereas there were no Ca retranslocations. There were retranslocations of N, P, K, Ca and Mg from the fine roots of Larch, with retranslocation efficiencies of 31, 40, 52, 23 and 25 %, respectively.     

Gross nitrogen retranslocation within a canopy of Quercus serrata saplings

Nitrogen (N) retranslocation within tree canopies has been intensively studied and assumed to function as a one-way process (e.g., from older to newer leaves). However, recent studies have found that both N output and input occur in individual leaves, suggesting that 'gross' N retranslocation exists behind 'net' N retranslocation. In the present study, the amount and direction of gross N retranslocation within a canopy of deciduous oak Quercus serrata Thunb. ex. Murray saplings were investigated. Labeling was conducted with leaves of Q. serrata saplings cultivated under conditions of low-N (LN) or high-N (HN) fertility. Subsequently, N movement within the canopy was traced. Leaves at two different positions in the canopy (top and lateral) were labeled to determine the direction of gross N retranslocation. To detect seasonal differences, the leaf-labeling experiment was conducted twice during the early and late phases of the growing season. In addition, to compare the quantitative importance of gross N retranslocation and root N uptake, the latter was determined by labeling Q. serrata roots. The N-labeling experiment revealed gross N retranslocation among leaves, i.e., from top to lateral, lateral to top and lateral to lateral positions. Gross N retranslocation was quantitatively more important than root uptake, especially for plants cultivated at LN fertility. Season also affected the amount of gross N retranslocation, and these effects differed between LN and HN fertilities. These findings suggest that N allocation within a canopy is controlled dynamically by both gross N output and input. The mechanisms controlling gross N output and input likely function as key determinants of N allocation within a tree canopy.     

人工樟子松林生物量预估模型的研究

根据标准地、解析木及生物量调查资料,建立了人工樟子松林叶、枝、干及全树生物量预估模型,并对模型参数进行了小样本t检验。结果表明,地上生物量与胸径密切相关,樟子松生物量随着树龄的增长而增加,y=aDb Hc为该地区人工樟子松林叶量、枝量、干量和全树生物量的最优模型。     

Background pollination in Pinus sylvestris seed orchards

The proportion of background pollen grains in the seed crops of two Pinus sylvestris seed orchards in Central Finland was estimated with the aid of multilocus allozyme markers. The orchards studied were more than 30 years old and in full pollen production. For the bulked seed crops of the seed orchard with southern clones the estimated average of background pollination over four years was 26%. There were statistically significant differences between years. No significant heterogeneity in the degree of background pollination between clones was found. Among single ramets there was significant heterogeneity in the estimated contamination rates, but the variation was not related to position in the orchard. For the seed orchard with northern clones the bulked seed crop was studied only for one year and the level of background pollination was found to be 33 %. These estimates are fairly high, but lower than for many other orchards. Background pollination at this level will cause losses in expected genetic gains. Part of the seeds from northern orchards will not be adapted to the intended area of use.     

樟子松林地土壤容重、有机质及速效养分研究

采用野外调查和室内分析相结合的方法,对不同林龄的樟子松林土壤理化性质进行测定和分析。由幼龄林到近熟林,土壤容重随着土层深度的增加呈上升趋势;在不同土层中,幼龄林土壤速效氮、速效磷、速效钾含量最低,中龄林含量最高。