scholarly journals Biochemical indicators of woody plants in the diagnosis of air condition

2022 ◽  
Vol 962 (1) ◽  
pp. 012005
Author(s):  
L N Anishchenko ◽  
E V Borzdyko ◽  
M V Dolganova ◽  
I V Moskalenko ◽  
M V Avramenko

Abstract It is found that anthropogenic pollution has a significant effect on the change in the content of total nitrogen, glutathione and vitamin E, which increases the resistance of woody plants to stress. A series of woody plants with regard to their sensitivity to aerosol pollution has been compiled: according to the degree of decrease in total nitrogen – Picea abies > Thuja occidentalis > Syringa vulgaris > Acer platanoides > Tilia cordata > Sorbus aucuparia; the degree of decrease in glutathione content – Picea abies > Thuja occidentalis > Syringa vulgaris > Acer platanoides > Tilia cordata > Sorbus aucuparia; the degree of decrease in the content of vitamin E – Picea abies > Thuja occidentalis > Sorbus aucuparia > Tilia cordata > Syringa vulgaris > Acer platanoides. A positive correlation was revealed between the biochemical parameters of woody plants and the monitoring complex indices proposed by the Russian meteorological service. A close direct regression dependence of the air pollution index and the average stability coefficient for the content of total nitrogen, vitamin E and glutathione in the biomass of model woody plants was revealed: with an increase in the degree of air pollution, the average stability coefficient for certain biochemical indicators increases.

2014 ◽  
Vol 26 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 42-61
Author(s):  
O. G. Lucyshyn ◽  
I. K. Teslenko

The recent ecological situation of Kyiv megalopolis has a special specific of environment technogenic pollution as a chemical features and content of polluting phytotoxicants. During 2007–2012, our observation revealed what the most dangerous factors which have harm impact on the street woody plants are the huge concentration of phytotoxic elements (Na+, Cl-, Pb2+, Cd2+). Nowadays, the technogenic impact on the megalopolyisis surrounding comes to the dangerous, even, catastrophic level. The main reason of total and chloral necrose of leaves, the summer defoliation of crown and major tree's death is the over pollution of the soil and plant's phytomass by phytotoxic elements, the concentration of which by standards evaluation and by trees reactions are critical and exists at the level of adaptation possibility and survival. The main sources of Pb2+ and Cd2+ ions are transport outcomes (> 90 % of total technogenic pollution). The increasing of Pb2+ and Cd2+ in the soil is depended from intensivity of transport outcomes, using of ethylated petrol, and location of trees along roads as well as from the trees species. Continuously increasing of number of cars at the city streets is accompanying with similar increasing of ions concentration. Thus, in the soil around root system of street woody plants, depending from their location along roads, the concentration of Pb2+ (moving form) is between 41,7 (I. Kudri str.) and 102,6 mg\kg of soil (Nauki avenue). It exceeds the maximum permissible concentration (MPC), which is 20,8–51,3 mg\kg of soil. Next, for Norway maple (Acer platanoides) the concentration of Pb2+ in the soil varies from 41,7 to 80,5 mg / kg of soil in the area of the root system and it is around 20,8–40,2 MPC. In the leaves of this tree it is 7,83–13,5 mg / kg of dry mass (MPC is 15,8–27,0). For the horse chestnut (Aedculus hippocastanum) at the Nauka avenue, the concentration of plumbum in the root is 13,4 mg / kg (MPC is 26,8), in the cortex – 17,7 mg / kg (MPC is 35,4), in leaves – 8,21 mg / kg (MPC is 16,4), which by the normative evaluation are the critical concentrations. The source of Na+ and Cl-, which is a new factor for Kyiv megalopolis, is irregular load of high concentrations of industrial salt NaCl into the environment, as a way against black ice in winter time, where the Na+ ions ( mobile form) is in the high concentrations in leaves (0,76 % for Norway maple (Acer platanoides) on the I. Kudri str., 1,28 % – small-leaved linden (Tilia cordata) at the 40-richya Zhovtnya ave, 2,0 % – horse chestnut (Aedculus hippocastanum) at the Nauki ave), those are exceeded the concentration of the element comparing to the control test object, respectively, in 10,6, 12,8 and 5,0 times. Na+ ions are an aggressive phytotoxins and the main factor of leaves necrose of tree crown (within 70–100 % necrosis leaves in the crown). Degradation and total reduction of the specific weight of plants in the megalopolis environment are decrease the cleaning role of the street tree plants, which are the main alive filters for soil and air cleaning, as well as the main bioaccumulators and detoxicants of harm substances of anthropogenic pollution. Species adaptive specificity is revealed at the bioaccumulation level and the selective locality of phytotoxic elements (Na+, Cl-, Pb2+, Cd2+, agile form) in technourbanhabitats-pic conditions, there dominated bioaccumulation and localization of Na+ ions by trees assimilative system is caused the adaptive orientation of endogenic and intraspecific variability of phytoindicative morphophysiologic features of plants functional condition under the stressing factors. This also is defined the sensitivity of small-leaved linden (Tilia cordata Mill.), norway maple (Acer platanoides L.) and horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum L.) to the big concentration of potassium as the most danger one for the plant survival. The biggest accumulation of Na+ ions at the roots of Lombardy poplar (Populus pyramidalis Roz.), Bolle's poplar (Populus bolleana Lauche) and sugar maple (Acer saccharinum L.) is lead to a higher resistance of their assimilation system. At the technourbohabitate-pic conditions, the level of realization of ontogenetic and phylogenetic adaptive capacity of the sensitive species of trees is harmfully low (21,3–44,3 %). It is at the level of survival/death of plants. The street Lombardy poplar, Bolle's poplar and sugar maple, despite of more higher level of their adaptation (68,4–87,7 %), still also can't fully adapt to the critical levels of technogenic pollution of megalopolis environment. 


2016 ◽  
Vol 62 (2) ◽  
pp. 110-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olena Blinkova ◽  
Oleksandra Ivanenko

Abstract Selected forestry parameters were investigated in the system of tree vegetation and wood-destroying fungi in parks of the Kyiv city along a gradient of recreational transformation. We investigated vitality, age structure and health conditions of woody plants (Acer platanoides L., Aesculus hippocastanum L., Carpinus betulus L., Frangula alnus Mill., Pinus sylvestris L., Quercus robur L., Q. rubra L., Sambucus nigra L., Tilia cordata Mill.), and species, systematic, trophic and spatial compositions of xylotrophic fungi (27 species of xylotrophs representing 22 genera, 16 families, 6 orders of divisions Basidiomycota; class Agaricomycetes). The results showed that the communities of tree vegetation and xylotrophic fungi in parks depend on the degree of recreational transformation of the environment. Vitality, age structure and health conditions of trees altered species composition of xylotrophs.


2020 ◽  
Vol 62 (2) ◽  
pp. 128-138
Author(s):  
Valentina P. Bessonova ◽  
Anastasia V. Sklyarenko

AbstractVegetation serves as a universal filter that is capable of protecting the environment from pollution by industrial emissions given the availability of appropriate technical facilities. The aim of this study is to determine the ability of leaves of various species of woody plants growing in the area of sanitary protection zones to accumulate fluorine and to establish the most informative indicators of environmental pollution by its compounds. The object of the study was the species of woody plants growing in the area of protective plantations of a number of enterprises of Zaporizhzhya: Zaporizhzhya Titanium & Magnesium Combine, Zaporizhzhya Aluminium Plant PJSC, Zaporizhzhya Abrasive Plant PJSC, Zaporizhstal PJSC, ‘Zaporizhcoke’ PJSC (KOKS), Zaporizhzhya Ferroalloy Plant PJSC, Zaporizhvohnetryv (‘Vohnetryv’) PJSC, PrJSC ‘Ukrgrafit’ and Zaporizhtransformator PJSC. Under the conditions of sanitary protection zones of enterprises the leaves of woody plants accumulate significantly more fluoride compared to the control specimens. We have established that a gradual accumulation of the element occurs during the vegetation period being the most intense in young leaves. In senescent leaves, the activity of its accumulation begins to diminish. The maximum amount of fluoride was detected by us at the end of the vegetation period. Its highest concentration was found in the leaves of woody plants growing in the forest belt near the Zaporizhzhya Aluminium Plant. According to the level of accumulation of the said phytotoxicant in the leaves of plants growing in the area of sanitary protection zones, industrial enterprises of Zaporizhzhya may be ranked as follows: Zaporizhzhya Aluminium Plant PJSC > Zaporizhzhya Ferroalloy Plant PJSC ≥ ‘Zaporizhcoke’ PJSC > Zaporizhstal PJSC > Zaporizhvohnetryv (‘Vohnetryv’) PJSC > ‘Ukrgrafit’ PJSC> Zaporizhzhya Abrasive Plant PJSC > Zaporizhzhya Titanium & Magnesium Combine > Zaporizhtransformator PJSC. The largest amount of fluorine accumulated by the leaves can be attributed to such tree species as: Catalpa bignonioides, Ailanthus altissima, Acer platanoides, Populus nigra, Armeniaca vulgaris, Tilia cordata, Acer pseudoplatanus, Platanus orientalis, which is a distinguishing characteristic of the sanitary protection zones of various enterprises in the city of Zaporizhzhya. Variations of fluorine accumulation in different experimental plots for the same species of woody plants are expressed in quantitative terms. These plants are capable of being the most efficient at purifying the atmospheric air from gaseous fluoride compounds. The highest coefficient of relative accumulation of fluorine in the leaves is found in the following species of woody plants: Catalpa bignonioides, Ailan-thus altissima, Acer platanoides, Populus nigra, Armeniaca vulgaris, Tilia cordata, Acer pseudoplatanus, Platanus orientalis, thus they have a potential to be considered for use as phytoindicators of environmental pollution by the fluorine compounds. The aforementioned coefficient appears to be the lowest in the following species: Morus alba, Elaeagnus angustifolia, Juglans regia and Fraxinus lanceolata.


2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 22-25
Author(s):  
O. V. Zibtseva

Визначено видовий склад деревно-чагарникових насаджень на території трьох навчальних закладів малого міста Вишгорода Київської області. Проаналізовано вікову структуру деревних насаджень, їх стан і декоративність. Встановлено, що на дослідних територіях зростає від 24 до 28 деревно-чагарникових видів і форм, а їх загальна кількість дорівнює 49. На всіх трьох дослідних територіях трапляються 8 деревних видів: Thuja occidentalis, Tilia cordata, Acer platanoides, A. saccharinum, Betula pendula, Juglans regia, Cerasus vulgaris, Prunus divaricata. На двох об'єктах виявлено 12 видів, 29 – тільки на одному. До видів з дуже високою часткою участі на території дослідних об'єктів належать: Ulmus laevis і Populus nigra; Thuja occidentalis і Biota orientalis; Spiraea Thunbergii. Кількість хвойних видів змінюється від 1 до 4. Скрізь присутня Thuja occidentalis. Індекс видової різноманітності деревно-кущових рослин для дослідних територій становить від 5,75 до 16,22. Кращі якісні показники на шкільній території має Betula pendula; на території ліцею – Salix purpurea 'pendula', Padus, Hydrangea macrophylla, Thuja occidentalis, Betula pendula, Acer saccharinum, Phus typhina, Philadelphus coronaries; на території гімназії – Spiraea van-Houttei, Salix alba, Populus pyramidalis. Стан деревно-кущових рослин на території двох об'єктів добрий, одного – задовільний. Декоративність насаджень висока на всіх об'єктах. Кращим станом і вищою декоративністю на дослідних територіях відзначаються дерева, які старші від сорокарічного віку.


The history of the forest of Bialowieza is briefly reviewed. The National Park was created in 1923 in the central and apparently least exploited part of the forest. The composition of the forest varies in relation to the nature of the soils. Almost half of the wooded area of the park is occupied by forest composed of Carpinus betulus, Tilia cordata, Quercus robur, Acer platanoides, Ulmus glabra and Picea abies (Querceto-Carpinetum). The structure of this association is illustrated by maps and transects of selected plots. An almost continuous canopy is formed by Carpinus betulus with tall emergent trees of Tilia cordata, Quercus robur and Picea abies. Tilia cordata regenerates freely and there are numerous groups of seedlings, saplings and young trees which are sometimes in gaps but often beneath the main canopy. The origin of the groups is analysed and evidence is presented that those of T. cordata are probably always less than 50 years old. This is in contrast to analyses made by Paczoski (1928a, b, 1930) shortly after the park was established, when trees of T. cordata with trunk diameters less than 0.3-0.4 m were absent. There is now a discontinuity in the distribution of diameter classes in the population. The influence of this change on the structure of the forest is discussed.


2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 82-89
Author(s):  
Evgeny Arkadyevich Sinichkin ◽  
Aleksandr Veniaminovich Dimitriev

The paper provides an ecological and substrate analysis of lichens of the State Nature Reserve Zavolzhsky (Chuvash Republic). In the specified reserve 134 species of lichens were found. The ecological and substrate analysis showed that lichens were found on 20 substrates: on the bark of Populus tremula , Tilia cordata , Quercus robur , Acer platanoides , Betula pubescens , Padus avium , Sorbus aucuparia , Frangula alnus , Salix cinerea , S. pentandra , Alnus glutinosa , on the bark and branches of Pinus sylvestris , Picea abies , Abies sibirica , Betula pendula , on soil, on a dead organic substrate, on an anthropogenic substrate (on slate, concrete, wheel rubber). 6 main and 4 intermediate ecological groups of lichens were revealed: 1) epiphytic, growing on the bark of trees and shrubs; 2) epixylic, living on decaying wood; 3) epigeidic (ground lichens); 4) epibriophytic, living on mosses; 5) epiphytic-epixylic, growing on the bark of trees and a dead organic substrate; 6) epixylic-epigeidic, living on a dead organic substrate and soil; 7) lichens growing on the bark of trees and anthropogenic substrate; 8) epiphytic-epigeidic, growing on tree bark and soil surface 9) multisubstrate lichens that live on different substrates; 10) lichens of anthropogenic substrate. The largest number of lichens (61,2%) belong to epiphytic, 16,5% - to epiphytic-epixylic, 5,2% - to epixylic-epigeidic, 4,5% - to epigeidic, 3,7% - to epixylic, 2,3% - to epibriophytic, 0,7% - to multisubstrate lichens, 0,7% - to epiphytic-epigeidic. 3 species of lichens were found (2,3%) on the anthropogenic substrate. Epiphytic lichens were found on 15 forophytes. The largest number of taxa (40 species) were found on Pinus sylvestris s bark, 35 species - on Populus tremulas bark, 33 species - on Betula pendulas bark. 56 species of lichens were found on only one forophyte. The analysis of the confinement to phorophyte showed that the highest level of similarity in the species composition of lichens was found between Padus avium and Frangula alnus - 50%, Pinus sylvestris and Picea abies - 49%, Populus tremula and Sorbus aucuparia - 44%, Tilia cordata and Acer platanoides - 41%, Salix cinerea and S. pentandra - 37%.


Author(s):  
Alisa M. Samsonova ◽  

The vitality structure of cenopulations of woody plants is formed under the influence of ecological, cenotic and anthropogenic influences. The study of the nature and degree of influence of the ecological parameters of the habitat will make it possible to predict the formation of the vitality structure of woody plants. The objects of study are individuals of the generative age state of three species of woody plants: Quercus robur, Tilia cordata, Acer platanoides. Environmental conditions of habitat were assessed by using range ecological scales. Vitality was assessed by three key determinative morphometric parameters. Correlation analysis was carried out to establish the impact of environmental conditions on the indicators of the vitality of cenopopulations. Both direct and inverse relationships (with a correlation coefficient of 0.5 and above) between ecological conditions and vitality of the studied species were noted. The vitality of Tilia cordata is more influenced compared to other studied species.


2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-32
Author(s):  
В. П. Бессонова ◽  
О. Є. Іванченко

Дендрофлора парку смт Магдалинівка налічує 347 прим., що належать до 19 видів і 15 родин. У насадженнях переважають Aesculus hippocastanum, Ulmus scabra, Betula pendula. Родини презентовані переважно 1-2 видами, за винятком Rosaceae. Родини Hippocastanaceae, Ulmaceae та Betulaceae мають найбільшу представленість за кількістю примірників, порівняно з іншими. Частка видів аборигенної дендрофлори становить 53,32 %. Найбільша частка від загальної кількості інтродуцентів становлять представники з Південної та Південно-Східної Європи. Переважна кількість дерев у насадженні має висоту від 8,1 до 10,0 м (23,3 % щодо всіх рослин). За діаметром штамба переважають дерева зі значеннями цього показника від 22,1 до 26,0 см (16,1 %), чисельними є групи рослин з діаметрами 26,1-30,0; 34,1-38,0 та від 18,1-22,0 см. Діаметр одного з найстаріших дерев парку Populus alba становить 108 см. За життєвим станом дещо більше половини насаджень належить до категорії "здорові", серед них багато примірників Betula рendula, Juglans regia, Ulmus scabra, Tilia cordata. До ослаблених належить 110 дерев, до сильно ослаблених – 43, до тих, що відмирають, – усього 6 шт. Індекс стану деревостану для парку становить 80,14, що характеризує його як здоровий. За екологічними вимогами асортимент парку тільки частково відповідає умовам зволоження території, проте майже повністю – родючості ґрунту. За таксаційно-фітоценотичною шкалою загальна естетичне оцінювання фітоценозу парку становить 31 бал. У парку ростуть дерева з вираженими фітонцидними властивостями, а саме: Acer platanoides, Betula pendula, Syringa vulgaris, а також Tilia cordata, Aesculus hippocastanum та Sorbus aucuparia.


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