Infektionsversuche mit Rhizosphaera kalkhoffii und Lophodermium piceae an unterschiedlich gestreßten Jungfichten (Picea abies [L.] Karst.)

Young spruce trees [Picea abies (L.) Karst.] artificially inoculated with Rhizosphaera kalkhoffii B. and Lophodermium piceae (F.) v. H. were exposed to fumigations with O₃ and SO₂ and drought. These treatments showed no influence on the infection-rates of the fungi. R. kalkhoffii proved to be a saprophyte living for a long period as an epiphyte on the needle surfaces.     

Biochemische Veranderungen in jungen Birken im Nahbereich einer Autobahn

Biochemical changes in young birches in the vicinity of a highway. In spring 1975 clonal birchtrees (grafts) were exposed to polluted air at different distances from a highway. After three months’ ex-posure, leaves showed different concentrations of free amino acids, total phenols, chlorophyll a, chloro-phyll b, (3-carotene, reducing sugars and total content of vitamin C depending on distance from the highway. Also the lead concentration in moss filters showed an approximately exponential decrease with distance from the highway.     

Die gegenwartige Epidemie des Tannensterbens

The present epidemic of dying of silver fir. Its geographical distribution in the northern part of the natural distribution of Abies alba . Dying of silver fir, a complex disease phenomenon of Abies alba which has recurred periodically for more than a century and which is still unexplained, has been especially serious in recent years north of the Alps. Based on disease symptoms in the crowns, the present distribution of the disease is shown and described on a map. The necessity for increased inter-national cooperation is stressed.     

Seasonal fluctuations of starch in root and stem tissues of coppiced Salix viminalis plants grown under two nitrogen regimes

Seasonal changes in starch were studied at the tissue and cellular levels in roots and stems of Salix viminalis L. cuttings. Cuttings were planted in pots containing sand and grown in a controlled environment chamber in which seasons were artificially induced by changes in temperature and photoperiod. Nitrogen was supplied at optimum and low rates, and during dormancy, one-half of the plants were decapitated. Starch concentrations in root and stem tissues were determined regularly during shoot extension growth, dormancy and resprouting after dormancy. We used light microscopy (LM) combined with image analysis (IA) to determine the cellular localization and amount of starch in different cell types of stem and root tissues. Chemical analysis confirmed that starch concentrations were lower in plants receiving a high-N supply rate than in plants receiving a low-N supply rate. In all plants, the highest concentration of starch was in the roots. Light microscopy and IA showed that starch accumulated mainly in the phloem and cortical cells of both root and stem tissues. Starch grains were also regularly found in ray parenchyma cells. The amount of starch as well as the size of the grains showed strong seasonal fluctuations. In both roots and stems, starch concentrations were highest during predormancy and lowest during periods of shoot extension growth. At the time of resprouting, root cells of decapitated plants were more depleted of starch than root cells of intact plants, supporting the hypothesis that starch reserves in roots are important during the early phase of resprouting in coppice systems.     

Beziehungen zwischen der Ausbreitung künstlicher Fomes annosus-Infektionen in den Stämmchen zweier Fichtenklone und einigen holzchemischen Eigenschaften

The spread of Fomes annosus from artificial infections of stems, in relation to the chemical characteristics of timber of two spruce clones . Differences in the spread of Fomes annosus in two spruce clones (Picea abies Karst.), which were found by DIMITRI, may be attributed to differences in the properties of the wood from the two clones, detected in laboratory tests. Wood meal from the more resistant clone R inhibited Fomes annosus in bioassays more than wood meal from the more susceptible clone A. Wood from clne A-trees showed a higher nitrogen content than wood from clone R-trees.     

Die Leitfähigkeit von Fichtenborken-Extrakten als empfindlicher Indikator für Luftverunreinigungen

The Conductivity of Bark-Extracts from Spruce, a Sensitive Indicator for Air Poilution . Bark of spruce is a useful and sensitive indicator for air pollution. The latter may be determined more precisely by electrolytic conductivity of bark extracts than by pH-value or sulphate level of foliage. By an additional simple sulphate analysis of bark extracts the effects of SO₂ may be distinguished from those of certain components in dust.     

Veränderung der Krankheitsdisposition von Forstpflanzen durch Herbizide1

Modification in discase-sensibility of forest plants by herbicide treatment. I. Field trials with Lophodermium pinastri. The effect of two herbicides TOP-KH (salt of 2,4,5-T) and Casoron G (Dichlobenil) on incidence of Lophodermium pinastri on Scots pine (Pinus sylvestrií L.) was investigated in field trials with potted plants. Treatment with TOP-KH led to increase in infection with higher herbicide concentrations and to higher numbers of severely infected plants in comparison with controls. Differences were greatest in spring. With Casoron G, however, smaller numbers of sevcrely infected plants were seen in spring and at the end of the growing season the damage was not much greater than in the controls. Possible reasons for changes in degree of infection are discussed as well as effects that could be expected on the epidemiology of pine needle cast.     

Hemmung einiger Ektoenzyme von Fomes annosus (Fr.) Cke. durch Holz- und Bastextrakte aus Picea abies (Karst.)

Inhibition of several ectoenzymes of Fomes annosus (Fr.) Cke. by wood and bark extracts from Picea abies (Karst.). Methanol soluble extractives of sapwood, heartwood and reaction zone from Norway spruce as well as acetone soluble extractives of spruce bark were tested at a concentration of 0.05 percent for inhibition of Fomes annosus enzymes cellulase, pectinase