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Published on: November 6, 2016
Seed germination and seedling growth of Scots pine in technogenically polluted soils as container media
Svetlana Makhniova1,2, Pavel Mohnachev1, Sezgin Ayan3
1Botanical Garden Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Yekaterinburg, Russia.
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.
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