Identification of types of ectomycorrhizae on seedlings in a beech provenance trial

english

2004

Univerza v Ljubljani, Biotehniška fakulteta
(Obvezni izvod spletne publikacije)

Root systems and types of ectomycorrhizae (ECM) were analysed on three 7-year-old beech seedlings (Fagus sylvatica L.) of three provenances (Val di Sella, Idrija, Nizbor) from an international beech provenance trial and on a naturally regenerated 5-year-old beech seedling from the same site (Kamenski vrh by Novo mesto). All short roots were mycorrhizal. In the sampled 20,302 root tips 49 % were non-turgescent and unidentifiable ECM. Twenty-two different types of ECM were identified, out of which 11 were successfully determined either to the species or genus level. All ECM were described by morphological and anatomical characteristics, basidiomycetes also by molecularmethods. ECM that was not successfully determined either to the species or genus level formed a new cluster in the Slovenian mycorrhizal molecular database. Species richness and percentage of vital ECM roots were highest for the provenance from Idrija (Slovenia). The results indicate that there might be differences between provenances regarding the abundance of ECM,which should be further studied.

16.09.2009