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Environmental Monitoring and AssessmentVolume 191, Issue 2, 1 February 2019, Article number 113

Seed germination and seedling growth of Scots pine in technogenically polluted soils as container media(Article)

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  • aBotanical Garden Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation
  • bRussian State Vocational Pedagogical University, Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation
  • cFaculty of Forestry, Silviculture Department, Kastamonu University, Kastamonu, Turkey

Abstract

Reforestation of technologically polluted areas has become an increasingly important issue. In this study, seed germination capacity and survival rate and morphometric characteristics of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) seedlings grown in a magnesite-polluted soil medium were investigated in a pot experiment. Significant differences in seed field germination, sprout survival, seedling length at various growth stages, and root collar diameter of the seedling were discovered between the trial variants for the pot trial using growing media from the polluted areas and the control site. In addition, it was observed that the differences between the trial variants depended on seed origin and the level of soil pollution. The data indicate that seed germination and seedling growth were significantly reduced as the levels of pollution increased. These negative effects of the pollution tend to increase as the seedling gets older. © 2019, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

Author keywords

EmissionMorphometricPinus sylvestrisSeedlingsTechnogenic

Indexed keywords

EMTREE drug terms:magnesitemineralunclassified drug
EMTREE medical terms:agingArticlecontrolled studyexperimentgerminationgrowth curvenonhumanplant growthroot developmentScots pinesoil pollutionsproutsurvivaltechnologydrug effectenvironmental monitoringgerminationgrowth, development and agingphysiologyplant seedpollutionScots pineseedlingsoilsoil pollutanttoxicity
MeSH:Environmental MonitoringEnvironmental PollutionGerminationPinus sylvestrisSeedlingsSeedsSoilSoil Pollutants

Chemicals and CAS Registry Numbers:

Soil; Soil Pollutants

  • ISSN: 01676369
  • CODEN: EMASD
  • Source Type: Journal
  • Original language: English
  • DOI: 10.1007/s10661-019-7249-y
  • PubMed ID: 30693379
  • Document Type: Article
  • Publisher: Springer International Publishing

  Ayan, S.; Faculty of Forestry, Silviculture Department, Kastamonu University, Kastamonu, Turkey;
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