Within-plant signaling via volatiles in beech (Fagus crenata Blume)

Abstract. The 1995 Mw 7.2 Kobe earthquake produced an ~ 18 km-long surface rupture zone with a maximum right-lateral displacement of ~ 1.8 m along the pre-existing active Nojima Fault in southwest Japan. Field investigations showed that the co-seismic surface ruptures caused severe damage to trees, some of which survived the disaster during the past twenty years along the co-seismic fault scarp. Analysis of tree-rings from the trunk of a 46-year-old Beech tree (Fagus crenata Blume) revealed that the tree was cracked by earthquake-induced damage and that the tree-rings grown during the five-year period after the 1995 earthquake become sharply narrower in width compared to those grown before the earthquake. Our findings indicate that the earthquake damaged trees along the co-seismic fault scarp and hindered the growth of tree-rings by severing the roots. Thus, the results support the idea that older trees growing along or around fault zones can be used for identifying seismic fault events and for dendrochronological studies related to geomorphological processes.

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Induced Response of the Siebold's Beech (Fagus crenata Blume) to Manual Defoliation

Journal of Forest Research ◽

10.1007/bf02348331 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 1-7 ◽

Cited By ~ 23

Author(s):

Naoto Kamata ◽

Yutaka Igarashi ◽

Seiji Ohara

Keyword(s):

Fagus Crenata ◽

Induced Response ◽

Fagus Crenata Blume

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Pre- and Post-Dispersal Damage to the Nuts of Two Beech Species (Fagus crenata Blume and F. japonica Maxim.) that Masted Simultaneously at the Same Site

Journal of Forest Research ◽

10.1007/bf02762759 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 21-29 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Akira Ueda

Keyword(s):

Fagus Crenata ◽

Fagus Crenata Blume

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Photosynthetic responses to ozone of upper and lower canopy leaves of Fagus crenata Blume seedlings grown under different soil nutrient conditions

Environmental Pollution ◽

10.1016/j.envpol.2017.01.014 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 223 ◽

pp. 213-222 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

Yoshiyuki Kinose ◽

Yoshinobu Fukamachi ◽

Shigeaki Okabe ◽

Hiroka Hiroshima ◽

Makoto Watanabe ◽

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Keyword(s):

Soil Nutrient ◽

Fagus Crenata ◽

Fagus Crenata Blume ◽

Photosynthetic Responses ◽

Nutrient Conditions

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APPLICATION OF MICRO-PIXE IN ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE RESEARCH: ELEMENTAL MAP OF LEAVES

International Journal of PIXE ◽

10.1142/s0129083502000354 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 12 (03n04) ◽

pp. 231-236 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

KATSUMI SAITOH ◽

HITOSHI IMASEKI ◽

MASAE YUKAWA ◽

OSAMU NAGAFUCHI

Keyword(s):

Environmental Science ◽

Science Research ◽

Fagus Crenata ◽

Atmospheric Environment ◽

Growth Stages ◽

Airborne Particulate ◽

Fagus Crenata Blume ◽

Scanning Transmission ◽

Accumulation Mechanism ◽

Elemental Maps

Micro-beam scanning PIXE and scanning transmission ion microscopy (STIM) were applied to measurement of Siebold's beech (Fagus crenata Blume) leaves. The beech leaf samples were collected from selected beech trees at Tsugaru Pass near the Shirakami-Sanchi World Heritage Area, in the 1999 growing season. We focused our interest on the influence of the atmospheric environment (acidic deposition, aerosol and gaseous substances, etc.) on the forest ecosystem. Our approach to real images of the deposition of airborne particulate on leaves led to the elucidation of the process of elemental absorption from air and plant metabolism. As a result, it is suggested that 1) overlapping STIM images and elemental maps demonstrate the patterns of the elemental absorption into plants, 2) comparison of the elemental maps of leaves taken at the different growth stages may provide useful clues to the elemental accumulation mechanism in leaves, and 3) silicon distribution in leaves is indicative of airborne particulate deposition on them.

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