Mycorrhization Characteristics and Fine Roots Biomass of Siberian spruce in Aerotechnogenic Pollution of a Timber Industry Complex. P. 89–106

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https://doi.org/10.37482/0536-1036-2026-5-89-106

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The influence of airborne industrial pollutants on the woody plants state in the taiga zone is a poorly studied and urgent issue. The research aimed at analysis of mycorrhization characteristics and fine roots biomass of Siberian spruce (Picea obovata Ledeb.) in bilberry spruce characteristics located within the zone of airborne industrial emissions impact of the Syktyvkar Timber Industry Complex enterprises. The studies were carried out in old-growth bilberry spruce forests at a distance of 3.5, 9.5, 24 and 50 km from the emission source in the direction of prevailing winds. The biomass and structure of Siberian spruce fine roots were studied in the zone of the Syktyvkar Timber Industry Complex enterprises influence. We have examined the morpho-anatomical structure of Siberian spruce fine mycorrhizal roots by light microscopy. There was an increase in the Siberian spruce roots biomass in the forest litter of coniferous phytocoenosis located in the enterprise’s impact zone. The results obtained for spruce root biomass across all four study plots are consistent with root mass values observed in coniferous phytocoenoses of the middle taiga in the Komi Republic. In the spruce forest within the enterprise’s impact zone, an increase was observed in mycorrhizal density, mycorrhization intensity, ectomycorrhizal diameter and thickness, and the volumetric fraction of the fungal mantle. The spruce forest compared to other communities has the greatest diversity of fungal mantles with a predominance of more complex and physiologically more active mantles of pseudoparenchymatic and double folding. At the same time, in the spruce stand within the impact zone, a trend is observed toward an increased occurrence of tannin cells in the root cortex and a higher proportion of root tips that have lost turgor, suggesting a decline in the physiological activity of absorbing roots. All the listed characteristics indicate an adaptive response of the spruce to the conditions prevailing in the community. All other spruce forests (except the impact zone forest) were defined by a clear predominance of plectenchymatous mantles, a pattern typical of natural coniferous stands in the middle taiga of the Komi Republic.

Funding: The research was carried out within the framework of the research and development topic “The Habitat-Forming Role and Productivity of Forest and Swamp Ecosystems of the European North-East of Russia” (Registration No. 125020501547-8) and the contract-based research topic “Assessment of the Long-Term Impact of JSC Mondi SLPK on Biological Diversity in the Production Area” (Contract No. 45-2018 dated April 24, 2018).

Acknowledgments: The authors are deeply grateful to the staff of the Department of the Forest Biology Problems of the North, Institute of Biology, Komi Science Center, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences E.A. Robakidze, T.A. Pristova, and M.A. Kuznetsov for their assistance in collecting field material and analyzing samples, as well as to the Doctor of Biological Sciences S.V. Zagirova for the valuable comments on the manuscript.

Authors

Tаtyana A. Sizonenko*, Candidate of Biology, Research Scientist; ResearcherID: Q-1492-2015, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8184-4018
Aleksey V. Manov, Candidate of Agriculture, Research Scientist; ResearcherID: P-9089-2015, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5070-0078
Svetlana I. Naimushina, First Category Engineer; ResearcherID: NWH-5552-2025, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-5270-942X

Affiliation

Institute of Biology of Komi Scientific Centre of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Syktyvkar, Russia; tvorognikova@ib.komisc.ru*, manov@ib.komisc.ru, naimushina@ib.komisc.ru

Keywords

middle taiga, pulp and paper enterprise, Picea obovata Ledeb., Siberian spruce, fine roots biomass, mycorrhizal structure, airborne industrial emissions, Komi Republic

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Sizonenko T.A., Manov A.V., Naimushina S.I. Mycorrhization Characteristics and Fine Roots Biomass of Siberian spruce in Aerotechnogenic Pollution of a Timber Industry Complex. Lesnoy Zhurnal = Russian Forestry Journal, 2026, no. 5, pp. 89–106. (In Russ.). https://doi.org/10.37482/0536-1036-2026-5-89-106

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